Justin J. Meggitt's Books

Studies in the Historical Jesus

Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness

By: Justin J. Meggitt

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Studies in the Historical Jesus

Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness

By: Justin J. Meggitt

Studies in the Historical Jesus: Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness is a selection of key essays on the historical figure of Jesus published over the last fifteen years by Justin J. Meggitt. Each addresses a central question in the study of Jesus and his context, from the role of myth in the creation of traditions about him and the historicity of his miracles, to the problem of his politics and the reasons for his execution. The collection brings fresh perspectives and new data to bear on enduring debates, and demonstrates the value of "history from below" in making sense of the historical Jesus and the world that made him.

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Mutual Academic

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1916570070

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9781916570078

Early Quakers and Islam

Slavery, Apocalyptic and Christian-Muslim Encounters in the Seventeenth Century

By: Justin J. Meggitt

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Early Quakers and Islam

Slavery, Apocalyptic and Christian-Muslim Encounters in the Seventeenth Century

By: Justin J. Meggitt

Early Quaker encounters with Muslims in the seventeenth century helped generate some of the most distinctive and, at times, sympathetic Christian responses to Islam found in the early modern era. Texts such as George Fox's To the Great Turk (1680), in which he engaged in extensive, constructive exegesis of the Qur'an, demonstrate a conception of Islam and Muslims that disrupts many prevailing assumptions of the period. Some responses are all the more striking as they came about as a reaction to the enslavement of a number of Quakers by Muslims in North Africa, where, paradoxically, they often experienced religious freedom denied them at home. This study seeks to understand how and why this heterodox Christian sect created such unusual interpretations of Islam by analyzing the experience of these slaves and scrutinizing the distinctive, oppositional culture of the movement to which they belonged. The work has implications that go beyond the specific subject of study and raises questions about the role that such things as apocalypticism and sectarianism can play in interreligious encounters, and the analytical limitations of Orientalism in characterizing Christian representations of Islam in the early modern period.

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109

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498291945

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9781498291941

Paul, Poverty and Survival

By: Justin Meggitt

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Paul, Poverty and Survival

By: Justin Meggitt

This social history of earliest Christianity radically re-evaluates both the methods and models of other studies. Justin Meggitt draws on the most recent research in classical studies on the economy and society of the Roman Empire. He examines the economic experiences of the Pauline churches, and locates Paul and the members of his communities within the context of the first century Roman economy. He explores their experiences of employment, nutrition and housing. He uncovers and describes the unique responses that they made to such a harsh environment. And he questions whether, from the outset, Christianity included a number of affluent individuals.A thoroughly researched and ground-breaking study.

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300

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A&C Black

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0567086046

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9780567086044

Book's by Justin J. Meggitt

Studies in the Historical Jesus

Studies in the Historical Jesus

Early Quakers and Islam

Early Quakers and Islam

Paul, Poverty and Survival

Paul, Poverty and Survival

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