<i>Institutions of the Emerging Church</i> has my unqualified endorsement…the eminently admirable methodology, the many provocative theses the essays present, and the perfectly lucid readability of the collection ought to be enough to recommend the volume to any serious scholar of early Christianity. I myself am deeply grateful to the authors for their excellent contribution to early Christian scholarship.

Reading Religion

The contributors to this volume address the key institutions of the first and second Church, considering the development of rituals and sacraments, and the development of Church leadership, and of the Church itself.

The first part of the book looks at the offices of the Church - the Apostolate and the development of other religious authorities - as well as the notion of Apostolic Tradition. The second part looks at the sacraments, with in-depth consideration of the Eucharist, and of Baptismal texts from the early Church. The essays are of interest to scholars researching the development of the early Church and of Church rituals and practices.

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List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction: Sven-Olav Back, Abo Akademi University, Finland
2. The apostate in the early church: from Luke-Acts to the Pauline tradition, Samuel Byrskog, University of Lund, Sweden
3. "Hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us": The Notion of a Common Apostolic Tradition in the Pauline letters, Reidar Hvalvik, Norwegian School of Theology, Norway
4. The religious authorities in the Corpus Paulinum, Erkki Koskenniemi, Abo Akademi University, Finland
5. A new life to live: Baptismal texts from the second and third generation church, Lars Hartman, Prof Em., University of Uppsala, Sweden
6. The Eucharist in Paul and in Hebrews, Jostein Ådna, School of Mission and Theology, Norway
7. The Eucharist in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch, Sven-Olav Back, Abo Akademi University, Finland
8. The People of God, Tord Fornberg

Bibliography
Index

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In this volume the key 'institutions' of the early church are examined, from Baptism and Eucharist to religious authorities and the notion of the 'People of God'
Presents cutting-edge research on key aspects of the early Church
Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780567686558
Publisert
2019-02-07
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Om bidragsyterne

Sven Olav-Back is Lecturer in Biblical Languages and Exegesis at Abo Akademi University, Finland.

Erkki Koskenniemi is Adjunct Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Abo Akademi University in Finland, University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Eastern Finland.