Christian Beginnings
From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325
Allen Lane
Hardback
: 05 Jul 2012
£25.00
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Synopsis
Geza Vermes, the author of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls and acknowledged expert on the life and times of Jesus, tells the enthralling story of early Christianity and the origins of a religion.
The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most poorly understood.
With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts, Geza Vermes traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was - a prophet fully recognisable as the successor to other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament - to what he came to represent: a mysterious, otherworldly being at the heart of a major new religion. As his teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean, hammered into place by Paul, John and their successors, they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralised, state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. This is the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God, and of how a revolutionary, anti-conformist Jewish sub-sect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
This fascinating book is Vermes's masterpiece, pulling apart the many myths and legends to focus on the true figure of Jesus and the birth of one of the world's major religions.
Product details
Format :
Hardback
ISBN: 9781846141508
Size : 153 x 234mm
Pages : 288
Published : 05 Jul 2012
Publisher : Allen Lane
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Christian Beginnings
From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325
£25.00
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