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In Search of First-Century Christianity (Paperback)
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In Search of First-Century Christianity (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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Originally published in 2000, In Search of First Century
Christianity contends that Christianity in the first century had no
founder but rather evolved as a convergence of many forces:
political disillusionment, cultural mutations, religious and
theological motifs, psychosocial losses and new expectations.
Moving on from an examination of the foundations of historical and
literary criticism in the Renaissance, and a detailed study of two
writers in antiquity,Thucydides and Chariton, to examine writings
in the period between Plato and the Gospel of Mark, the authors
then explore the writing of Paul and the stories told in the
Gospels. With the early Christians drawing from both Greek and
Hebrew sources, Barnhart and Kraeger propose that, like Plato, Paul
and other Christians generated an "anti-tragic theatre" gospel with
the Jesus figure being the creation of a culture steeped in an
anthropomorphic, metaphysical view of the world. Focusing on Paul's
letters and other Christian writings, and the political,
intellectual, moral and emotional conflicts they addressed and
their formulation of early views of Christ, this book explores the
difficult question of whether Jesus was an historical figure or an
image who first emerged within developing communities of
visionaries. Through an exploration into how Christology developed
in the early first century, the authors seek to show that
Christianity's emerging theology was a venture in human problem
solving and both Paul and the Gospels sought to relate a story in
which goodness would ultimately triumph, in the person of Christ.
Joe.E.Barnhart is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at
the University of North Texas, USA; Linda T. Kraeger is Lecturer in
the Department of Literature and Language at Grayson County
College, USA.
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