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Backgrounds of Early Christianity (1987) is a book by Everett Ferguson.

Abstract

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987 / 2nd ed. 1993 / 3rd ed. 2003.

• Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 2nd ed. (1993 Ferguson), book

• Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 3rd ed. (2003 Ferguson), book

Translations

• Ch`odae Gyohoe baegyongsa (1993 Ferguson / Park), book (Korean ed.)

Contents

Political History -- Near East Before Alexander -- Alexander the Great -- The Hellenistic Kingdoms -- Rome -- Administration of the Empire -- Society and Culture -- The Roman Military -- Social Classes -- Slavery -- Roman Citizenship -- Roman Law -- Social Morality -- Economic Life -- Entertainment -- Education -- Literature and Language -- Art and Architecture -- Clubs and Associations -- Hellenistic-Roman Religions -- Ancient Greek Religion -- Ancient Roman Religion -- Religion in Hellenistic-Roman TImes -- Domestic and Rural Religion -- Civic Cults -- Ruler Cult -- Personal Religion -- Greek Mysteries and Eastern Religions -- Gnosticism, Hermetic Literature, Chaldaean Oracles -- Later Developments: Monotheism and Sun Worship -- Hellenistic-Roman Philosophies -- Sophists and Socrates -- Plato and the Academy to the First Century -- Aristotle and the Peripatetics -- Skepticism -- Cynicism -- Stoicism -- Epicureanism -- Eclecticism -- Neopythagoreanism -- Middle Platonism -- Plotinus and Neoplatonism -- Judaism -- Jewish History, 538 B.C. to A.D. 200 -- Jews in the Early Roman Empire -- Jewish Literature and Other Sources in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods -- Parties and Sects -- Beliefs and Practices -- Organization and Institutions -- Christianity in the Ancient World -- Literary References to Christianity in Non-Christian Sources -- Archaeological Remains Bearing on Early Christian History -- Some Claimed Archaeological Remains of Early Christianity -- Attitudes of Pagans Toward Christians -- The Legal Status of Christianity -- Hindrances to the Acceptance of Christianity -- Religious Rivals -- Factors Favorable to Christianity -- What was Unique in Christianity?

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