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''Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325''' (2012) is a book by [[Géza Vermès]]. | [[File:2012 Vermes.jpg|thumb|300px]] | ||
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'''Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325''' (2012) is a book by [[Géza Vermès]]. | |||
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
"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 poorly understood. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts, Geza Vermes 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. As his teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean, hammered into place by Paul, John and their successors, they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralised, state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. This is the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God, and of how a revolutionary, anti-conformist Jewish sub-sect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire."--Publisher | "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 poorly understood. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts, Geza Vermes 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. As his teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean, hammered into place by Paul, John and their successors, they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralised, state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. This is the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God, and of how a revolutionary, anti-conformist Jewish sub-sect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire."--Publisher description. | ||
==Editions | ==Editions == | ||
Published in London: Penguin Books, 2012. | Published in London: Penguin Books, 2012. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 28 July 2018
Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325 (2012) is a book by Géza Vermès.
Abstract
"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 poorly understood. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts, Geza Vermes 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. As his teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean, hammered into place by Paul, John and their successors, they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralised, state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. This is the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God, and of how a revolutionary, anti-conformist Jewish sub-sect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in London: Penguin Books, 2012.
Contents
External links
- [ Google Books]