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The Origins of Christian Morality

The First Two Centuries

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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The Origins of Christian Morality

The First Two Centuries

By: Wayne A. Meeks

By the time Christianity became a political and cultural force in the Roman Empire, it had come to embody a new moral vision. This wise and eloquent book describes the formative years--from the crucifixion of Jesus to the end of the second century of the common era--when Christian beliefs and practices shaped their unique moral order. Wayne A. Meeks examines the surviving documents from Christianity's beginnings (some of which became the New Testament) and shows that they are largely concerned with the way converts to the movement should behave. Meeks finds that for these Christians, the formation of morals means the formation of community; the documents are addressed not to individuals but to groups, and they have among their primary aims the maintenance and growth of these groups. Meeks paints a picture of the process of socialization that produced the early forms of Christian morality, discussing many factors that made the Christians feel that they were a single and "chosen" people. He describes, for example, the impact of conversion; the rapid spread of Christian household cult-associations in the cities of the Roman Empire; the language of Christian moral discourse as revealed in letters, testaments, and "moral stories"; the rituals, meetings, and institutionalization of charity; the Christians' feelings about celibacy, sex, and gender roles; and their sense of the end-time and final judgment. In each of these areas Meeks seeks to determine what is distinctive about the Christian viewpoint and what is similar to the moral components of Greco-Roman or Jewish thought.

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Yale University Press

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In Search of the Early Christians

Selected Essays

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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Selected Essays

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A central figure in the reconception of early Christian history over the last three decades, Wayne A. Meeks offers here a selection of his most influential writings on the New Testament and early Christianity. His essays illustrate recent changes in our thinking about the early Christian movement and pose provocative questions regarding the history of this period. Meeks explores a fascinating range of topics, from the figure of the androgyne in antiquity to the timeless matter of God’s reliability, from Paul’s ethical rhetoric to New Testament pictures of Christianity’s separation from Jewish communities. Meeks’ introduction offers a retrospective on New Testament studies of the past thirty years and explains the intersection of these studies with a variety of exploratory and revisionist movements in the humanities, embracing social theory, history, anthropology, and literature. In an epilogue the author reflects on future directions for New Testament scholarship.

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Yale University Press

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0300130104

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The First Urban Christians

The Social World of the Apostle Paul

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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The First Urban Christians

The Social World of the Apostle Paul

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Meeks analyzes the letters of Paul to see what kind of people joined the Christian groups in the urban centers and what it was like to be a Christian then.

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Yale University Press

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0300098618

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9780300098617

Christ is the Question

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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Christ is the Question

By: Wayne A. Meeks

In this series of reflections on the mystery of Jesus and the questions that surround him, noted New Testament scholar Wayne Meeks redirects the course of the Jesus debates. Insisting that we cease focusing on who the historical Jesus was and ask instead, who is Christ? Meeks demonstrates with electric and lucid prose that Jesus is not a permanent artifact whose precise nature can be traced back through history but, rather, a figure whose identity continues to emerge as contemporary persons engage him in their daily lives.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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066422962X

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The Prophet-King

Moses Traditions and the Johannine Christology

By: Wayne Meeks

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The Prophet-King

Moses Traditions and the Johannine Christology

By: Wayne Meeks

Among modern analyses of the origin and development of John’s Christology, the socio-religious analysis of Wayne A. Meeks advances one of the most compelling and suggestive theses in recent years, addressing the riddles pertaining to the puzzling presentation of Jesus as a prophet-king like Moses in John 6:14-15. Whereas the Logos motif of the Johannine Prologue and the Father-Son relationship in the Johannine narrative convey high-christological thrusts, his receptions as a rabbi, teacher, and prophet elsewhere in John’s story of Jesus are far more mundane and earth bound. Was the origin and development of John’s presentation of Jesus here political, historical, theological, sociological, or some combination of the like? These are the issues Wayne Meeks addresses in his first of several important monographs, and his work continues to impact New Testament studies to this day. —From the Foreword by Paul N. Anderson

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498288847

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The Moral World of the First Christians

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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Describes the social setting of the early Christians, looks at the Greek and Roman ethical traditions, and explains the moral formation of the beginning Christian movement

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The First Urban Christians

The Social World of the Apostle Paul

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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The Social World of the Apostle Paul

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Meeks analyzes the letters of Paul to see what kind of people joined the Christian groups in the urban centers and what it was like to be a Christian then.

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The Prophet-King

Moses Traditions and the Johannine Christology

By: Wayne Meeks

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Moses Traditions and the Johannine Christology

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In Search of the Early Christians

Selected Essays

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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Selected Essays

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A central figure in the reconception of early Christian history over the last three decades, Wayne A. Meeks offers here a selection of his most influential writings on the New Testament and early Christianity. His essays illustrate recent changes in our thinking about the early Christian movement and pose provocative questions regarding the history of this period. Meeks explores a fascinating range of topics, from the figure of the androgyne in antiquity to the timeless matter of God's reliability, from Paul's ethical rhetoric to New Testament pictures of Christianity's separation from Jewish communities. Meeks' introduction offers a retrospective on New Testament studies of the past thirty years and explains the intersection of these studies with a variety of exploratory and revisionist movements in the humanities, embracing social theory, history, anthropology, and literature. In an epilogue the author reflects on future directions for New Testament scholarship.

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Berghahn Books

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The Origins of Christian Morality

The First Two Centuries

By: Wayne A. Meeks

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The First Two Centuries

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Book's by Wayne A. Meeks

The Origins of Christian Morality

The Origins of Christian Morality

In Search of the Early Christians

In Search of the Early Christians

The First Urban Christians

The First Urban Christians

Christ is the Question

Christ is the Question

The Prophet-King

The Prophet-King

The Moral World of the First Christians

The Moral World of the First Christians

The First Urban Christians

The First Urban Christians

The Prophet-King

The Prophet-King

In Search of the Early Christians

In Search of the Early Christians

The Origins of Christian Morality

The Origins of Christian Morality

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