"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"--
"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"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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).
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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.
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.
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