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creating a symbolic world

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An edition of The religion of the earliest churches (1999)

The religion of the earliest churches

creating a symbolic world

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"In these Oxford lectures, Theissen picks up where he left off in The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide (1998). Employing the notion of religion as a "cultural sign language that promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality," he plots the emergence of Christianity as a religion, with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an emergent symbolic system.

He expands upon the historical, social, and theological analysis of his earlier works to cover such issues as the relationship of Jesus to the earliest churches, power, possessions, interpretations of Jesus' death, and the separation of the church and synagogue."--BOOK JACKET.

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Fortress Press
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English
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393

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Origin, Christianity, Church history, Essence, genius, nature, History, Primitive and early church, Histoire, Église, Essence, esprit, nature, Christianisme, Origines, Christianity, early church, ca. 30-600, Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

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Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

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The religion of the earliest churches: creating a symbolic world
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Cover of: The Religion of the Earliest Churches
The Religion of the Earliest Churches: Creating a Symbolic World
November 1999, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-374) and indexes.

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Minneapolis, MN

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Dewey Decimal Class
270.1
Library of Congress
BT60 .T4413 1999, BT60.T4413 1999, BT 60 .T44 1999

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xiv, 393 p. ;
Number of pages
393

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OL48454M
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080063179X
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99050016
OCLC/WorldCat
42597699
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335637
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960210

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