{"product_id":"the-reception-of-jesus-in-the-first-three-centuries-volume-1-9780567716897","title":"The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries: Volume 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first three centuries were the formative period of Christianity. The developments during this time led to the distinction of canonical and non-canonical writings, to organisational structures of the Christian church, and to the establishment of the Christian creed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries: Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Keith, Helen K. Bond, Christine Jacobi, and Jens Schröter have collated a methodologically sophisticated resource. These volumes focus on the diversity of reception of the Jesus tradition in this time period, highlighting the complex interactions between the inherited past and the present in which it is received. Rather than address texts specifically as canonical or non-canonical, the volumes show the more complex reality of attitudes towards and within early Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCore literary texts, such as Gospels and other early Christian writings, are discussed in detail. The volumes also highlight the importance of Jesus tradition in literary and non-literary contexts outside the gospel genre, including the Apostolic Fathers, patristic writers, traditions such as the Abgar Legend, and modifications to the gospel genre such as the Diatesseron. Evidence from material culture, such as pictographic representations of Jesus in the staurogram and Alexamenos Graffito, as well as visual presentations of gospel tradition in sarcophagi carvings, are included to fully reflect the transmission and reception of the Jesus tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 provides an extensive introduction and, in 18 chapters, covers literary representations of Jesus in the first century, featuring gospel literature and other early Christian writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMethodologically, the volumes draw on new approaches to history, memory, and tradition, providing a cutting-edge approach that focuses on reception-history rather than the putative actual past. This cutting-edge reference resource provides a fresh and comprehensive account of the complex development of early Christian thought about Jesus. It will fuel future discussions of early Christian history, the historical Jesus, the development of the New Testament canon, and non-canonical Jesus traditions for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600185278700,"sku":"9780567716897","price":76.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/256d2ad3c88656d44afe0b7865469923.jpg?v=1778020914","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-reception-of-jesus-in-the-first-three-centuries-volume-1-9780567716897","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}