Christian origins - Horsley, Richard A. (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2005)
Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley -- Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II -- Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett -- Matthew's people / Warren Carter -- The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan -- Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott -- Family matters / Carolyn Osiek -- The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin -- Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen -- Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.