In search of the early Christians : selected essays / Wayne A. Meeks ; edited by Allen R. Hilton and H. Gregory Snyder.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and indexes.

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A central figure in the reconception of early Christian history over the last three decades, the author of this book 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 questions regarding the history of this period. The author explores a 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.

CONTENTS -- Editors� Preface, by Allen R. Hilton and H. Gregory Snyder -- Author�s Preface -- Reflections on an Era, by Wayne A. Meeks -- PART ONE: READING AND WRITING THE PAST -- The Image of the Androgyne: Some Uses of a Symbol in Earliest Christianity -- The Man from Heaven in Johannine Sectarianism -- Equal to God -- The Man from Heaven in Paul�s Letter to the Philippians -- Breaking Away: Three New Testament Pictures of Christianity�s Separation from the Jewish Communities -- “And Rose Up to Play�: Midrash and Parenesis in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22

Judgment and the Brother: Romans 14:1�15:13The Circle of Reference in Pauline Morality -- PART TWO: RESPONDING AND REVISIONING -- A Hermeneutics of Social Embodiment -- The Polyphonic Ethics of the Apostle Paul -- On Trusting an Unpredictable God: A Hermeneutical Meditation on Romans 9-11 -- Vision of God and Scripture Interpretation in a Fifth-Century Mosaic -- Afterword, by Wayne A. Meeks -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Sources -- Index of Biblical References -- Subject Index -- Index of Modern Authors

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