The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years

by Paul Barnett

Book Overview

Contrary to several popular works of Christian scholarship, historian Paul Barnett maintains that the first two decades of Christian history are hardly "lost years." As he shows in this penetrating book, the period between Jesus and the earliest Christian texts is open to historical investigation, and he richly details the time and setting in which the church was born.

Writing in a very accessible style, Barnett provides an informative, reliable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802827810
• ISBN13: 9780802827814
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.7"