Jesus, Paul, and the Early Church

Missionary Realities in Historical Contexts. Collected Essays

by Eckhard J. Schnabel

Book cover: Jesus, Paul, and the Early Church

Extent: 609 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Series volume number: 406

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2018)

ISBN: 9783161560613

Price: $230.00

In stock

This volume contains seventeen essays written by Eckhard J. Schnabel, written over the past 25 years. The essays focus on the realities of the work of Jesus, Paul, John, and the early church, exploring aspects of the history, missionary expansion, and theology of the early church including lexical, ethical, and ecclesiological questions. Specific subjects discussed include Jesus’ silence at his trial, the introduction of foreign deities to Athens, the understanding of Rom 12:1, Paul’s ethics, the meaning of baptizein, the realities of persecution, Christian identity and mission in Revelation, and singing and instrumental music in the early church.


This volume contains seventeen essays written by Eckhard J. Schnabel, written over the past 25 years. The essays focus on the realities of the work of Jesus, Paul, John, and the early church, exploring aspects of the history, missionary expansion, and theology of the early church including lexical, ethical, and ecclesiological questions. Specific subjects discussed include Jesus’ silence at his trial, the introduction of foreign deities to Athens, the understanding of Rom 12:1, Paul’s ethics, the meaning of baptizein, the realities of persecution, Christian identity and mission in Revelation, and singing and instrumental music in the early church.

  • By (author) Eckhard J Schnabel