Beginning from Jerusalem (Christianity in the Making, vol. 2)

Cover......Page 0
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
List of Maps......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Part Six: Writing a History of Christianity's Beginnings......Page 18
20. The Quest for the Historical Church......Page 20
20.1. Defining Terms......Page 21
20.2. From Jesus to Paul......Page 34
20.3. From Jewish Sect to Gentile Religion......Page 46
21. The Sources......Page 69
21.1. External Sources......Page 70
21.2. The Acts of the Apostles......Page 81
21.3. The Speeches in Acts......Page 104
21.4. The Letters of Paul......Page 115
21.5. Jesus Tradition......Page 128
21.6. COnclusion -- anda Note on Procedure......Page 144
Part Seven: The First Phase......Page 148
22.1. One Community or Several?......Page 150
22.2. Between Easter and Pentecost......Page 155
22.3. Pentecost......Page 173
23.1. The Social Character of the First Christian Community......Page 189
23.2. The Religious Character of the First Christian Community......Page 202
23.3. Leadership......Page 223
23.4. Beliefs about Jesus......Page 229
23.5. The Significance of Jesus' Death......Page 247
23.6. In Sum -- a Messianic Sect......Page 255
24. The Hellenists and the First Outreach......Page 258
24.1. A New Plan......Page 259
24.2. Who Were the Hellenists?......Page 263
24.3. The Seven......Page 271
24.4. Stephen......Page 274
24.5. The Speech Attributed to Stephen......Page 282
24.6. The First Persecution -- against Whom Was It Directed?......Page 291
24.7. The Mission of Philip......Page 295
24.8. The Breakthrough at Antioch......Page 309
24.9. A Hellenist/Antiochene Theology?......Page 325
25. The Emergence of Paul......Page 339
25.1. The Early Life and Education of Saul......Page 340
25.2. The 'Persecutor' (Gal. 1.23)......Page 352
25.3. 'Approaching Damascus, about Noon'......Page 363
25.4. The Origin of Paul's Gospel......Page 374
25.5. The Immediate Aftermath and Tunnel Period......Page 379
26. The Mission of Peter......Page 395
26.1. Mission to 'the Circumcision'......Page 396
26.2 Caesarea as a Pivotal Point......Page 400
26.3 The Conversion of Peter......Page 406
26.4. The Acceptance of Cornelius......Page 413
26.5. Anxious Times under Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12)......Page 419
26.6. A Distinctive Petrine Theology?......Page 431
27. Crisis and Confrontation......Page 433
27.1. Mission from Antioch (Acts 13-14)......Page 434
27.2. The Crisis......Page 455
27.3. The Council in Jerusalem......Page 463
27.4. Confrontation -- the Incident at Antioch......Page 487
27.5. The Truth of the Gospel......Page 499
27.6. The Outcome......Page 506
Part Eight: Apostle to the Gentiles......Page 512
28.1. The Chronology of Paul's Life and Mission......Page 514
28.2. Travels and Travails......Page 529
29.1. The Second Founder of Christianity......Page 536
29.2. Who Did Paul Think He Was?......Page 539
29.3. The Apostle......Page 547
29.4. Paul's Strategy......Page 558
29.5. Paul's Tactics......Page 572
29.6. Paul's Co-workers......Page 583
29.7. Paul's Gospel......Page 589
30. Paul's Churches......Page 615
30.1. Why 'Church'?......Page 616
30.2. House Churches -- The Archaeological Evidence......Page 618
30.3. An Assocation or a Religious Cult?......Page 625
30.4. The Social Composition of Paul's Churches......Page 639
30.5. The Organization of Paul's Churches......Page 654
30.6. Their Meetings......Page 658
30.7. Boundaries......Page 665
30.8. The Christian Network......Page 671
30.9. Conclusion......Page 674
31.1. The Aegean Mission......Page 677
31.2. The Beginnings of the Aegean Mission......Page 680
31.3. Confrontation in Athens......Page 699
31.4. The Founding of the Church in Corinth......Page 709
31.5. Paul's First Letter to the Thesalonians......Page 720
31.6. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians......Page 731
31.7. Paul's Letter to the Galatians......Page 737
32.1. Intermission......Page 764
32.2. The Founding of the Church in Ephesus......Page 779
32.3. Between Ephesus and Corinth......Page 797
32.4. The First of Paul's Letters to the Corinthians......Page 803
32.5. The Second of Paul's Letters to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians)......Page 804
32.6. The Third of Paul's Letters to the Corinthians......Page 848
32.7. The Fourth of Paul's Letters to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians)......Page 851
33.1. A Final Circuit......Page 875
33.2. The Reasons for Romans......Page 880
33.3. Paul's Letter to Rome......Page 892
33.4. The Collection......Page 949
33.5. The Testament of Paul......Page 964
Part Nine: The End of the Beginning......Page 972
34. The Passion of Paul......Page 974
34.1. Arrest in Jerusalem......Page 976
34.2. Trials and Tribulations......Page 989
34.3. And So to Rome......Page 1009
34.4. Paul's Letter to the Philippians......Page 1028
34.5. Paul's Letter to Philemon......Page 1046
34.6. The Letter to the Colossians......Page 1052
34.7. When Did Paul Die?......Page 1069
35.1. The Later Mission of Peter......Page 1075
35.2. Persecution under Nero......Page 1085
35.3. The Martyrdom of Peter......Page 1088
35.4. The Lasting Significance of Peter......Page 1092
36.1. The Church in Jerusalem......Page 1094
36.2. The Death of James......Page 1107
36.3. What Happened to the Jerusalem Church?......Page 1113
36.4. The Fall of Jerusalem......Page 1117
37. The Legacy of the First-Generation Leadership......Page 1122
37.1. Paul -- the Letter to the Ephesians......Page 1123
37.2. James -- the Letter of James......Page 1139
37.3. Peter -- the Letter of Peter (1 Peter)......Page 1164
37.4. The End of the Beginning......Page 1183
Abbreviations......Page 1193
Romans......Page 1200
Galatians......Page 1201
Colossians and Philemon......Page 1202
Other Works......Page 1203
Old Testament......Page 1266
New Testament......Page 1273
Apocrypha......Page 1322
Other Jewish Literature......Page 1323
Apostolic Fathers......Page 1328
New Testament Apocrypha......Page 1329
Early Christian Writers......Page 1330
Early Greek and Roman Writers......Page 1331
Index of Authors......Page 1334
Subject Index......Page 1355