Birth of a worldview : early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan context

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Birth of a worldview : early Christianity in its Jewish and Pagan context

Robert Doran

(Explorations)

Westview Press, 1995

  • : hard
  • : pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Places the development of the early Christian world-view solidly in the world of competing Jewish and pagan traditions. The book also reviews the role of women, documents the influence of Jewish thought and considers the impact of Greek thought during Christianity's formative years.

Table of Contents

  • Christians and the Roman world - a sense of belonging
  • cosmos - the quest for order
  • Jews in the Roman Empire
  • the first steps - articulating alienation
  • the source of power
  • the human condition
  • "neither male nor female".

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