The Ancient Church as Family

by Joseph H. Hellerman

The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this become the organizing model in the earliest churches? How did historical developments intervene to shift the paradigm? How do ancient Mediterranean kinship structures correlate with church formation? Hellerman traces the fascinating story of these developments over three centuries and what brought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800632486
• ISBN13: 9780800632489
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"