The Origins of Early Christian Literature Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture
Book contents
- The Origins of Early Christian Literature
- The Origins of Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- 1 The Myth of Christian Origins
- 2 The Romantic “Big Bang”
- 3 Authorship in Antiquity
- 4 Redescribing Early Christian Literature
- 5 The Gospels as Subversive Biography
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
“Diamonds in a Dunghill”: Seeking New Approaches in Early Christian Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2021
Book contents
- The Origins of Early Christian Literature
- The Origins of Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- 1 The Myth of Christian Origins
- 2 The Romantic “Big Bang”
- 3 Authorship in Antiquity
- 4 Redescribing Early Christian Literature
- 5 The Gospels as Subversive Biography
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction outlines the primary theoretical approaches of the monograph and scrutinizes why the study of early Christianity and the New Testament tends to adopt idiosyncratic methodologies when compared with allied fields like classics. Chapter summaries are provided as well as a discussion of what I term the “paradigm of exceptionalism,” or the reasons why so-called religious literature – that is, writings associated with still-practiced religions – often faces a different set of evaluative criteria within the academy.
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- The Origins of Early Christian LiteratureContextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture, pp. 1 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021