M David Litwa

Early Christianity in Alexandria

From Its Beginnings to the Late Second Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Alexandria was the epicenter of Hellenic learning in the ancient Mediterranean world, yet little is known about how Christianity emerged in the city. M. David Litwa employs the Nag Hammadi codices and early Christian writings to demonstrate how the earliest followers of Jesus navigated Jewish traditions and developed distinctive identities"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781009449557
• ISBN-10: 1009449559
• Artikelnr.: 68990213

Autorenporträt

M. David Litwa cowrites and coedits the journal New Testament Abstracts at Boston College. He is the author of many books, including The Evil Creator (2021) and Found Christianities (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on the text
Abbreviations
Introduction: rethinking earliest Christianity in Alexandria
Part I. Beginnings: 1. Foreshadowings: Philo of Alexandria
2. The Jesus movement enters Alexandria
3. Apollos: the earliest known Alexandrian follower of Jesus
4. Factors motivating gentile recruitment
5. Crafting a Christian identity: Barnabas and the two Peters
Part II. Early Christian Teachers and Movements in Alexandria: 6. The earliest Alexandrian theologians: Basilides, Carpocrates, and Prodicus
7. Eugnostus and the wisdom of Jesus Christ
8. Julius Cassianus and Alexandrian ascetic culture
9. Valentinian and Marcionite currents
10. The Naassene preacher
Conclusion: The 'great church' and the many schools of Alexandria
Bibliography
Index.