Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World

ISBN-13: 9780199262892 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 384 str.

Judith Lieu; Judith M. Lieu

Opis

'I am a Christian' is the confession of the martyrs of early Christian texts and, no doubt, of many others; but what did this confession mean, and how was early Christian identity constructed? This book is a highly original exploration of how a sense of being 'a Christian', or of 'Christian identity', was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world. Contemporary discussions of identity provide the background to a careful study of early Christian texts from the first two centuries. Judith Lieu shows that there were similarities and differences in the ways Jews and others were thinking about themselves, and asks what made early Christianity distinctive.

Recenzje

...this book and the topics it raises deserve considerable attention, and the author's incorporation of insights from the social sciences is commendable.

O autorze

Judith Lieu is Professor of New Testament Studies at King's College London.