Exploring early Christian identity / [manuscript] /

Exploring early Christian identity / [manuscript] / edited by Bengt Holmberg. - T bingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. - viii, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 226 0512-1604 ; . - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 226. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and indexes.

Understanding the first hundred years of Christian identity / Bengt Holmberg -- Memory and identity in the gospels : a new perspective / Samuel Byrskog -- Inventing Christian identity : Paul, Ignatius, and Theodosius I / Anders Runesson -- Behaving like a Christ-believer : a cognitive perspective on identity and behavior norms in the early Christ-movement / Rikard Roitto -- The prototypical Christ-believer : early Christian identity formation in Ephesus / Mikael Tellbe -- The role of morality in the rise of Roman Christianity / Runar Thorsteinsson -- Christian identity as true masculinity / Fredrik Ivarsson -- Early Christian identity : some conclusions / Bengt Holmberg.

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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR166 / .E97 2008