02216cam a22003497a 4500 1750011 AU-EpEBC 20130719131236.0 121114s2012 enkb b 001 0 eng 2012494589 GBB227008 bnb 9780141037998 (pbk) 0141037997 (pbk) 1750011 (OCoLC)780335124 (AuCNLKIN)000049661269 AU@ eng AU@ OCLCO UAT DLC NEMB lccopycat 270.1/VER EW Vermes, Geza, 1924- Christian beginnings : from Nazareth to Nicaea, (AD 30-325) / Geza Vermes. London : Allen Lane, 2012. xvi, 271 p. : map ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliography (p. 245-256) and index. Machine generated contents note: 1.Charismatic Judaism from Moses to Jesus -- 2.The Charismatic Religion of Jesus -- 3.Nascent Charismatic Christianity -- 4.The Christianity of Paul -- 5.Johannine Christianity -- 6.The Didache and Barnabas -- 7.The Apostolic Fathers: 1 and 2 Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Hermas and Diognetus -- 8.Apologists and Theologians of the Second Century: Justin, Melito and Irenaeus -- 9.Three Pillars of Wisdom: Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria and Origen -- 10.Nicaea: Eusebius of Caesarea, Arius and Constantine -- 11.From Charisma to Dogma - A Bird's Eye View. 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 enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity, Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith and 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. Jesus Christ. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity. ddc 36671 36671 0 0 ddc 0 0 270 Church history MAIN MAIN OS 2013-07-19 The Book Depository 15.26 0 270.1/VER 14217 2015-09-09 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-07-19 AM