A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion

by Gerd Theißen

A discussion of 'primitive' Christianity - Christianity in its original form, this work was first given as Speaker's Lectures in Oxford. Covering the first five centuries of Christianity, it argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early Church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity. It explores in depth the formation of primitive Christianity and studies the effect of the two great crises...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334029139
• ISBN13: 9780334029137
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.