The Formation of the Early Church

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-16-148561-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 183, 451 Seiten, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 166 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

This book presents a selection of adapted papers originally read at the 7th Nordic New Testament conference in Stavanger in 2003. The 14 essays expose different aspects of the conference theme "the formation of the early church". To these belong considerations about how the primitive church developed and defined its own identity over against (other) Jews, both historically and with regard to how recent research has treated this theme methodologically. Further, early developments within and between different church communities and congregations are discussed as well as aspects of authority and power structures within them. Three essays deal with questions relating to the New Testament canon. For obvious thematic reasons the volume moves beyond the 1st century A.D.; two essays address issues related to the letters of Ignatius of Antioch, and one patristic contribution focuses predominantly on Cyprian.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of Theology (New Testament and Patristic scholars), corresponding institutes and libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adna, Jostein

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reidar Aasgaard: Brothers and Sisters in the Faith: Christian Siblingship as an Ecclesiological Mirror in the First Two Centuries - Jostein Ådna: The Formation of the Early Church: An Introduction - Jon Ma. Asgeirsson: Complex and Community: From the Prophets of Q to the Scribe(s) of St. Matthew or Vice Versa - Odd Magne Bakke: The Episcopal Ministry and the Unity of the Church from the Apostolic Fathers to Cyprian - Lone Fatum: Christ Domesticated: The Household Theology of the Pastorals as Political Strategy - Reidar Hvalvik: All Those Who in Every Place Call on the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ: The Unity of the Pauline Churches - Mikael Isacson: Follow Your Bishop! Rhetorical Strategies in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch - Hans Kvalbein: The Authorization of Peter in Matthew 16:17-19: A Reconsideration of the Power to Bind and Loose - Outi Leppä: Debates within the New Testament Canon - Petri Luomanen: On the Fringes of Canon: Eusebius' View of the "Gospel of the Hebrews" - Antti Marjanen: Montanism and the Formation of the New Testament Canon - Matti Myllykoski: Wild Beasts and Rabid Dogs: The Riddle of the Heretics in the Letters of Ignatius - Anders Klostergaard Petersen: At the End of the Road: Reflections on a Popular Scholarly Metaphor - Hanna Stenström: New Voices in Biblical Exegesis: New Views on the Formation of the Church - Mikael Tellbe: The Temple Tax as a Pre-70 CE Identity Marker

Über Autor(innen)

Adna, Jostein
Born 1955; studies of Theology in Oslo, Tübingen, and Jerusalem; 1994 Dr. theol.; Professor of New Testament at the School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger.

Jostein Adna
Born 1955; studies of Theology in Oslo, Tübingen, and Jerusalem; 1994 Dr. theol.; Professor of New Testament at the School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger.