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Jesus & utopia : looking for the kingdom of God in the Roman world / Mary Ann Beavis.
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2006.Description: viii, 168 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0800635620 (alk. paper)
- 9780800635626
- Jesus and utopia
- 270.1 22
- BR115.P7 B34 2006
Contents:
Introduction: ancient utopias, Jesus, and the kingdom of God -- Ancient, classical, and Hellenistic utopias -- Biblical utopias: from Eden to the kingdom of God -- Ideal communities in early Judaism: essenes, therapeutai, havurot -- Jesus and the kingdom of God in biblical scholarship -- Jesus' preaching of the kingdom of God in utopian context -- Conclusion: from Basileia to Ekklesia.
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SAIACS General Stacks | Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) | 270.1 B386J (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 047148 |
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| 270.09 W681M The myth of Christian beginnings; | 270.1 B162C Studies on the Reformation. | 270.1 B361C Constantine the Great and the Christian Church. | 270.1 B386J Jesus & utopia : | 270.1 B456P Pagan Rome and the early Christians / | 270.1 B618H How did Christianity begin? : | 270.1 B672S A Short history of the early church |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-153) and indexes.
Introduction: ancient utopias, Jesus, and the kingdom of God -- Ancient, classical, and Hellenistic utopias -- Biblical utopias: from Eden to the kingdom of God -- Ideal communities in early Judaism: essenes, therapeutai, havurot -- Jesus and the kingdom of God in biblical scholarship -- Jesus' preaching of the kingdom of God in utopian context -- Conclusion: from Basileia to Ekklesia.
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