The Churches the Apostles Left Behind

The Churches the Apostles Left Behind
Author: Raymond Edward Brown
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1984
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809126118

This book is a study of seven very different churches in the New Testament period after the death of the apostles.

Forgery and Counter-forgery

Forgery and Counter-forgery
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199928037

Forgery and Counter-forgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics is the first major contemporary work on forgery in early Christian literature. It examines the motivation and function behind Christian literary forgeries.

The Visio Pauli and the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul

The Visio Pauli and the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul
Author: Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789042918511

The Visio Pauli and the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul is the first modern collection of studies on the most important aspects of the Visio Pauli, the most popular early Christian apocalypse in the Middle Ages. The volume starts with a short study of the textual traditions of the Visio Pauli, its Jewish and early Christian traditions as well as its influence on later literature, such as Dante. This is followed by studies of the Prologue, the four rivers of Eden, the place of the Ocean, the relation between body and soul, the image of hell and its punishments, and the connection with fantastic literature. Finally, a codicological, comparative, and textual re-evaluation of the Coptic translation attempts to correct earlier errors and to rehabilitate the value and interest of this long neglected version of the Visio Pauli. The book is concluded with a study of the earthly tribunal in the fourth heaven of the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul. As has become customary, the volume is rounded off by an extensive bibliography of the Visio Pauli and the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul and a detailed index.

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing
Author: E. Randolph Richards
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004-10-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830827886

Informed by the historical evidence and with a sharp eye for telltale clues in the Apostle Paul's letters, E. Randolph Richards takes us into his world and places us on the scene with Paul the letter writer offering a glimpse that overthrows our preconceptions and offers a new perspective on how this important portion of Christian Scripture came to be.

The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction

The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Luke Timothy Johnson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0199735700

A brief yet essential introduction to the New Testament that chronicles the real people-- and historical and literary movements--that created it.

Old Testament

Old Testament
Author: Arthur J. Bellinzoni
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2010-03-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1615922644

In this readable, engaging introduction to the Old Testament, a veteran biblical scholar shows the lay reader how the field of biblical scholarship uses the historical method to understand biblical texts.

From Apostles to Bishops

From Apostles to Bishops
Author: Francis Aloysius Sullivan
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2001
Genre: Episcopacy
ISBN: 9780809105342

Examines the origins and development of the episcopacy in the early church with an eye toward its implications for current ecumenical issues relating to the episcopacy and apostolic succession.

The First Paul

The First Paul
Author: Marcus J. Borg
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0061972843

“Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review) John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg—two of the world’s top-selling Christian scholars and the bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas—once again shake up the status quo by arguing that the message of the apostle Paul, considered by many to be the second most important figure in Christianity, has been domesticated by the church. Borg and Crossan turn the common perception of Paul on its head, revealing him as a radical follower of Jesus whose core message is still relevant today.