Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity - Image 1

£79.79

T&T Clark Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity

Name: Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity
Brand: T&T Clark
Price: 75.69 GBP
Availability: InStock

Reference

Price History & Forecast

Last 34 days • 34 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 34 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £80 (29 days, 85.3%)

Price range: £76 - £80

Price levels: 2 different prices over 34 days

Description

How did authority function before the Bible as we know it emerged? Lee Martin McDonald examines the authorities that existed from the Church’s beginning. He explores the texts containing the words of Jesus, and that would become the New Testament, the not yet finalized Hebrew Scriptures (referred to mostly in Greek) and the apostolic leadership of the churches. McDonald traces several sacred core traditions that broadly identified the essence of Christianity before there was a Bible summarized in early creeds, hymns and spiritual songs, baptismal and Eucharistic affirmations, and in lectionaries and catalogues from the fourth century and following. McDonald shows how those traditions were included in the early Christian writings later recognized as the New Testament. He also shows how Christians were never fully agreed on the scope of their Old Testament canon (Hebrew scriptures) and that it took centuries before there was universal acceptance of all of the books now included in the Christian Bible. Furthermore, McDonald shows that whilst writings such as the canonical gospels were read as authoritative texts likely from their beginning, they were not yet called or cited as Scripture. What was cited in an authoritative manner were the words of Jesus in those texts, alongside the multiple affirmations and creeds that were circulated in the early Church and formed Christianity's key authorities and core sacred traditions.

Key Features

Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity

Product_Type: ABIS_BOOK

Brand: T&T Clark

Product Specifications

Brand: T&T Clark
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 056770579X
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Bible > Reference
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 23 February 2023
Listed Since: 22 June 2022

Barcode

No barcode data available

T&T Clark Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Formation of the Biblical Canon: Volume 2: The New Testament: Its Authority and Canonicity

Non-canonical"" Religious Texts in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: No. 14 (Jewish and Christian Texts)

The Origin of the Bible: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)

Jewish and Christian Scriptures: The Function of 'Canonical' and 'Non-Canonical' Religious Texts: 07 (Jewish and Christian Texts)

Sacra Scriptura: How 'Non-Canonical' Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: 20 (Jewish and Christian Texts)

T&T Clark Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality Vol 1

What Does the Scripture Say?' Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Volume 2: The Letters and Liturgical Traditions (The Library of New Testament Studies)

What Does the Scripture Say?' Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Volume 1: The Synoptic Gospels (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Mohr Siebeck Authoritative Writings in Early Judaism and Christianity

Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New

Gospels before the Book

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation (Oxford Handbooks)

T&T Clark - The Early Church: Christianity in Late Antiquity

The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: A Handbook: Texts and Analysis

T&T Clark Handbook of the Early Church: T&T Clark Companion (T&T Clark Handbooks)

Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality: Volume 2: Exegetical Studies: v. 2 (The Library of New Testament Studies)

T&T Clark - The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins Vol. 4

History and Literature of Early Christianity: Introduction to the New Testament: 02

Rhetoric and Reality in Early Christianities (Studies in Christianity and Judaism)

Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity (Bible Through the Ages)

Christian History: An Introduction

Routledge Christian Doctrine from the Bible to the Present

Knowledge and the Coming Kingdom: The Didache's Meal Ritual and Its Place in Early Christianity (Library of New Testament Studies): 373

The Septuagint and the Defense of the Christian Bible: How the Ancient Greek Bible Emends the Biblical Text and Best Presents the Case That Jesus Was the Christ