Texts, Practices, and Groups. Multidisciplinary approaches to the history of Jesus’ followers in the first two centuries

First Annual Meeting of Bertinoro (2-4 October 2014)

Edited by Adriana Destro Edited by Mauro Pesce

Book cover: Texts, Practices, and Groups. Multidisciplinary approaches to the history of Jesus’ followers in the first two centuries

Extent: 918, 918 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Judaïsme ancien et origines du christianisme

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2017)

ISBN: 9782503569017

Price: $182.00

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Within the contemporary renewal of the exegetical and historical research on Jesus and early Christianity, this book focuses on a wider knowledge of the social and cultural context of the first two centuries, thanks to a systematic research of documentary materials and archaeological data (epigraphs and documentary papyri). Secondly, the book faces the increasingly perceived need to use all the existing literary material for the reconstruction of the historical Jesus and the first groups of his followers. Thirdly, the book stresses the importance of giving space to new epistemological and methodological perspectives in the field of human sciences. The last section of the volume is dedicated to the connection of contemporary research with the interpretations of Jesus and early Christianity developed in the modern age.

  • Edited by Adriana Destro
  • Edited by Mauro Pesce