Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 816 g
From Paul to Valentinus
Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 816 g
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8102-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
groundbreaking work-broad in scope and closely detailed study of the true nature of early Chrsitanity in Rome.
Investigating the rise and shape of the earliest churches in Rome, Lampe integrates history, archaeology, theology, and social analysis. He also takes a close look at inscriptional evidence to complement the reading of the great literary texts: from Paul's letter to the Romans to the writings of Clement of Rome, Justin Martyr, Montanus, and Valentinus. Lampe deals with the shape of leadership and the followers of Christ in relation to the Judeans living in Rome. 'My interest is twofold. I want to learn about the daily lives of the urban Roman Christians of the first two centuries, the realities of their social lives. To meet these people in their 'situation' is a goal of our research in itself, independent of the question of how this situation relates to their theology, to their expressions of faith. Second, it must nonetheless be asked where-if at all-interrelations between situation and theology can be discovered. My ultimate goal is to contribute at least one element to a multidimensional interpretation of texts and faith expressions of early Christianity. This is the only way to exclude superficial monocausalisms, such as are produced by a one-sided social-historical interpretation or, occasionally, are suggested by purely inner-theological, history-of-tradition analyses of texts.
'We face a tour through a variety of material: literary materials, above all, but also epigraphical and archaeological ones are at hand, which often become illuminating only in combination.'
-From the Introduction
