A people's history of Christianity Volume 1 : Christian origins /

A people's history of Christianity Volume 1 : Christian origins / Richard A. Horsley, editor. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2005. - xv, 318 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - A people's history of Christianity ; v. 1 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.

Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley -- Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II -- Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett -- Matthew's people / Warren Carter -- The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan -- Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott -- Family matters / Carolyn Osiek -- The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin -- Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen -- Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing.

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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR165 / .C527 2005

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