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Title: Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson ISBN: 0-8028-2221-5 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $36.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and Understandable
Comment: This book is an excellent introduction to the historical, cultural, social, economic, and political backgrounds of the times before, during, and after the beginnings of Christianity, i.e., from 330 B.C. to A.D. 330, from Alexander the Great to Constantine. It superbly complements the study of the New Testament. It has helped me attempt to make concepts in the Gospels concrete which, at first, seemed to be abstact.
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting, readable
Comment: I read this cover-to-cover. It was easy to read, and mostly very interesting. It is written for a wide, general audience, and does not make assumptions about the beliefs of the reader. The articles are moderately long, with nice hierarchical subheadings. I am eager to learn more about the interpenetration of Judaism and Hellenism in the actual origins and formation of Christianity.
Rating: 5
Summary: Accurate, honest, easy to read
Comment: I bought this one on a whim, thought it might have an interesting section or two. I ended up reading the thing cover to cover.
In a field where lots of books are hard to read because they're poorly written, this one is exceptionally well organized, clearly written and easy to read.
It also covers all the subject, from Greco-Roman political history, through Hellenistic-Roman religions and philosophies, on to an excellent section on Judaism and another on early Christianity. Even if you're not an early Church buff, the book is a good introduction to ancient culture.
It's honest. It's written by a proff at a Christian university, but it doesn't slant the scholarship. For eg it gives a good accounting of both sides of the modern scholarship on the contributions of pagan Mystery Religions to the Church, and the _testimonium Falvianum_ is treated fairly -- and dismissed as a later interpolation.
Each section lists a number of books for further reading -- very useful.
A great book!!
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Title: New Testament Background : Selected Documents: Revised and Expanded Edition by Charles K. Barrett ISBN: 0060608811 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 17 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Introduction to the New Testament, An by Douglas J. Moo, Leon Morris, D. A. Carson ISBN: 0310519403 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 13 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: Archaeology and the Old Testament by Alfred J. Hoerth ISBN: 0801011299 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors by Gordon D. Fee ISBN: 0664223168 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times by Paul Barnett ISBN: 0830826998 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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