A handbook to second-century Christianity / Michael F. Bird and Scott Harrower, editors.

Other author Bird, Michael F., editor.
Other author Harrower, Scott D., editor.
Format Book
PublicationWaco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxxix, 678 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subjects
Church history--2nd century.
Church history--2nd century. --Sources.

Contents Introduction: The Christian second century: Energetic innovations and legacies / Scott Harrower -- Defining and writing early Christianity: An introduction to the second century: Reading God, reading books, reading others / D. Jeffrey BIngham -- Second-century Christian women / Edwina Murphy -- Gallic, Greek, Asian, and unknown texts / Kirsten H. Mackerras and Jonathon Lookadoo -- Apologists, heresiologists, and first theologians: Preliminary issues, the city of Rome -- Antioch, Smyrna, Alexandria / Scott Harrower -- Emerging diversity: "Other" Christianities / David A. Evans and Paul McKechnie -- Jewish responses and pagan references to Christianity / Warren Campbell and David Lincicum -- The Christian second century in retrospect: The second century in the fourth: Eusebius and the codification of Christian history / Michael J. Svigel -- The New Testament in the second century: Chronology and the emergence of Christian scripture / Michael F. Bird -- The spectrum of early Christian texts: Early Christian letters: Building community, building faith / Janelle Peters -- The Nag Hammadi Codices: A window into the plurality of early Christianity / CHristine Jacobi -- Jesus books, gospel fragments, and gospel harmonies: Rewriting the Jesus tradition / Markus Bockmuehl and Jacob A. Rodriguez -- Second-century apocalypses: The proliferation of a contested genre / Jorg Frey -- Early apocryphal acts of the apostles: Remembered origins / Tobias Nicklas -- Martyrologies: A witness to theological formation / Lynn H. Cohick and Samuel S. Cho -- Didactic and pastoral writings: The pedagogy of faith / Jonathan Lookadoo -- Producing the Christian culture: Apostolic texts as scripture in the second century: Their significance and authority / Eckhard J. Schnabel -- Christian papyri and literary culture / Paul Foster -- New Testament manuscripts (possible) from the second century / Michael J. Kruger -- Lost (and found) second-century Christian writings / Stephen C. Carlson -- Practicing the Christian life: The rule of faith and the emerging Symbolum Apostolorum: Origin, function, structure / Tomas Bokedal -- Sources of second-century worship: Initiation, ritual, participation / Daniel Cardó and Elizabeth Klein.
Abstract "An examination of the literature, material culture, and prominent persons of second-century Christianity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Second-century Christianity Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025] 9781481321983
LCCN 2024056192
ISBN9781481314152
ISBN1481314157 paperback
ISBNadobe electronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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