The Dawn of Christianity

The Dawn of Christianity
Author :
Publisher : Profile Books
Total Pages : 399
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781782830214
ISBN-13 : 1782830219
Rating : 4/5 (219 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dawn of Christianity by : Robert C. Knapp

Download or read book The Dawn of Christianity written by Robert C. Knapp and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world became susceptible to the new religion. Robert Knapp looks for answers in a wide-ranging exploration of religion and everyday life from 200 BC to the end of the first century. Survival, honour and wellbeing were the chief preoccupations of Jews and polytheists alike. In both cases, the author shows, people turned first to supernatural powers. According to need, season and place polytheists consulted and placated vast constellations of gods, while the Jews worshipped and contended with one almighty and jealous deity. Professor Knapp considers why any Jew or polytheist would voluntarily dispense with a well-tried way of dealing with the supernatural and trade it in for a new model. What was it about the new religion that led people to change beliefs they had held for millennia and which in turn, within four centuries of the birth of its messiah, led it to transform the western world? His conclusions are as convincing as they are sometimes surprising.


The Dawn of Christianity Related Books

The Dawn of Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Robert C. Knapp
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-13 - Publisher: Profile Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world became susce
The Dawn of Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Robert J. Hutchinson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-14 - Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Drawing upon the most recent discoveries and scholarship in archaeology and the first-century Near East, The Dawn of Christianity reveals how a beleaguered grou
The Dawn of Christian Art in Panel Paintings and Icons
Language: en
Pages: 59
Authors: Thomas F. Mathews
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-01 - Publisher: Getty Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Staking out new territory in the history of art, this book presents a compelling argument for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquit
Darkest before the Dawn
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: Richard R. Cook
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-02 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Christian church was always destined to find its way to China. Long before the birth of the church, China existed, coalescing around profound philosophical
Jesus the Master Builder
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Gordon Strachan
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-31 - Publisher: Floris Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jesus the Master Builder kept me up all night. Few books have that power.' -- Jonathan Glancey, The Guardian Did Jesus visit Britain? The activities of Jesus be