Die Entstehung des fruhen Christentums
Neue Studien
by Udo Schnelle
German description: In sechs bisher unveroffentlichten Aufsatzen behandelt der international anerkannte Neutestamentler Udo Schnelle zentrale Fragen der Entstehung des fruhen Christentums, wobei das Verhaltnis zum Judentum im Mittelpunkt steht. Die historischen Entwicklungen werden aus verschiedenen Richtungen mit einer Vielzahl methodischer Fragestellungen in den Blick genommen und einlinige, ideologisch orientierte Globalthesen vermieden. Dabei zeigt sich, dass vor allem mit Paulus und seinen Gemeinden ab ca. 60 n. Chr. von einer relativen Eigendynamik und Eigenstandigkeit der neuen Bewegung ausgegangen werden kann, die auch von den Romern und Juden wahrgenommen wurde. Sichtbar wird sie besonders auf den Ebenen der theologischen Konzeptbildung, der gemeindlichen Selbstorganisation, der Literaturproduktion, der Bildung und in den universalen Missionsaktivitaten. Selbstverstandlich war das entstehende Christentum in die religiosen und kulturellen Traditionen seiner Zeit eingebunden, die es aber von der Christuserfahrung her neu interpretierte, dabei Grenzen uberschritt und etwas Neues schuf. English summary: In six previously unpublished essays, Udo Schnelle – an internationally recognized New Testament scholar – addresses central questions on the emergence of early Christianity, with the focus on early Christianity’s relationship to Judaism. With a myriad of methodological questions, he takes into account historical developments from different directions, avoiding single-line, ideologically oriented global theses. They show that one can assume, especially with Paul and his communities from around 60 AD onwards, that the new movement had its own momentum and independence, which was also observed by the Romans and Jews. It is particularly visible at several levels: the development of theological concepts, community self-organization, literary production, education, and in universal missionary activities. Of course, the emerging Christianity was integrated in the religious and cultural traditions of its time. Yet it reinterpreted them from the experience of Christ, crossing boundaries and creating something new.
- By (author) Udo Schnelle
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