Revisiting the God-fearer thesis in the development of early Christianity
"Omitting god-fearers from the story of Christian success has rarely been considered. But what if the evidence for god-fearers was scarce in its quantity and suspect in its quality? Thomas A. Robinson examines in depth the theory, evidence, and trail of scholarly work on god-fearers, making a c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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T&T Clark
2025
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Library of New Testament studies (713)
Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Library of New Testament studies
713 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fear of God
/ Primitive Christianity
/ Early Christianity (motif)
/ History 30-313
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | "Omitting god-fearers from the story of Christian success has rarely been considered. But what if the evidence for god-fearers was scarce in its quantity and suspect in its quality? Thomas A. Robinson examines in depth the theory, evidence, and trail of scholarly work on god-fearers, making a case for a substantial revision in the depiction of the god-fearer phenomenon and in the story of early Christianity and its engagement with both Jews and with the larger Greco-Roman population"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 142-151 |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 158 Seiten, Illustration |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-72230-0 |
