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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by John Dominic Crossan

The world's foremost expert on the historical Jesus brilliantly reveals how Christianity emerged in the period after Jesus' death. "Flashes of genius" ("San Francisco Chronicle").


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In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus' death. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. He argues powerfully that Christianity would have happened with or without Paul and contends that Jesus' "resurrection" meant something vastly different for his early followers than it does for many traditional Christians today--what mattered was Christina origins finally illuminates the mysterious period that set Western religious history in its decisive course.

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A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity may be considered as a very essential part of the history of the Roman empire.

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  • Title The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus
  • Author John Dominic Crossan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 688
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperOne, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-03-03
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060616601 / 0060616601
  • Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.06 x 1.75 in (23.52 x 15.39 x 4.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
    • Theometrics: Catholic
    • Theometrics: Mainline
  • Library of Congress subjects Jesus Christ - Resurrection, Christianity - Origin
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-32526
  • Dewey Decimal Code 270.1

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  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 01/01/1998, Page 47
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