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Cristianesimi nell’antichità Sviluppi storici e contesti geografici (Secoli I-VIII)
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This is an introduction to the study of ancient Christianity, that highlights in an innovative way and without censoring the shadows and lights of the story of the ancient church.
After a first chapter on the sources (literary and documentary), the next two chapters look at, respectively, the Jewish and the Roman-Hellenistic context. The stories of the ancient Christians, their beliefs and institutions are always narrated with particular attention given to the historical context. The horizons of the investigation are not limited to regions of the Roman Empire alone, but also extend to Africa (Ethiopia, Nubia) and to the Far East (Persia, India, China).
An entire chapter is dedicated to the comparison with Islam. The text is composed of two different typographic bodies: the largest offers a line of general development, whilst the smallest contains bibliographies, in-depth notes and analysis of texts.
Each chapter ends with a summary and a list of self-evaluation questions useful for the reader to test their level of learning. Attention is given not only to literary sources, which transmit a more cultured Christianity, but also to those of archeological and antiquarian character that reflect more popular environments.
The analysis strives to bring out the peculiarities of the preaching of Jesus and the Christian missionaries in the various and diverse geographical areas of the ancient world, hence the almost provocative title in the plural.
The work was born amongst students in various years of university courses and is primarily, but not exclusively, dedicated to them. This characteristic makes it clear so as to be accessible to those who are approaching this specialised study for the first time.
Giancarlo Rinaldi was professor of History of Christianity and Anthropology of Religions at Naples Eastern University. At the same university he coordinated the Postgraduate Master in Historical Religious Studies on Ancient Christianity. He was president of the Centre for Integrated Higher Education.
Description
INDEX
Presentation
Introduction
I. Sources for the study of the history of Christianity.
I.1. Literary sources. Documentary sources. ‘Christian’ archeology. The papyri scrolls. Inscriptions. Coins. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Christian historiography of the Late Antiquity: a graph.
II. The Roman-Hellenistic context.
The Hellenistic period. Chronology of the Lagids and the Seleucids. Philosophical schools. The forms of pagan religiosity. The religions of mysteries. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Oracular sanctuaries of the classical world.
III. The heritage of Israel.
Judah from Hellenistic conquest to Roman province. The canonic and extra-canonic Jewish literature. The anatomy of the Old Testament. The pseudepigraphic literature of the Jews. The apocalyptic and wisdom currents. The ‘sects’ of Judaism. Archeological research in the desert of Judah. Jewish diaspora. Judeo-Hellenistic literature. Jewish literature post-Bible. Identity, priesthood, Temple, synagogue. The ‘hope’ of Israel. The Jews and Rome. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Governers of Judah and high priests. 3. Some festivals of Israel.
IV. The age of Jesus and Paul. The Julio-Claudian age.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. Jesus. The gospels. Acts of the Apostles and the first Church of Jerusalem. Paul of Tarsus. The persecution of Nero. Life and the organisation of the church. Worship. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. The main routes of communication. 3. Apostolic college. 4. The stories of the community in Jerusalem until 66 AD.
V. The formation of the New Testament. The Flavian age.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. The bellum Iudaicum and the destruction of Jerusalem. The consequences of the destruction of the Temple. Domitianus Dominus et Deus noster. The Revelation of John. The drafting of the New Testament extra-Pauline corpus. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter.
VI. An age of formation and transformation. The humanistic empire.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. A general view. The threat of ‘heresies’. Heresiology. Judeo-Christianity. Gnosticism. Marcion of Sinope. Montano and the “New prophecy”. ‘Apocryphal’ literature. The empire, society and Christians. Apologetic literature. Geographical areas. Asia. Syria. Territories beyond the Euphrates. Egypt. Africa. Rome. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. The Muratorian Canon. 3. The Marcionite prologues to Paul’s letters.
VII. Christianity in an age of syncretism. The Severan age.
The historic picture. The Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia. The main historic sources. The Severans and Christianity. Worship. Geographical areas. Asia. Syria. Osroene. Adiabene. India. Egypt. Africa. Rome. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter.
VIII. Crisis of the empire. Organisation of the Church. The third century.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. The great persecutions. Life and organisation of the church. Geographical areas. Asia. Syria. Arabia. Egypt. Africa. Rome. Persia: Christianity and Manicheism. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter.
IX. The age of martyrs. Diocletian and the tetrarchy.
The political theology of the tetrarchs and the age of martyrs. Geographical areas. Syria. Egypt. Africa. The evangelisation of Armenia. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Administrative assets.
X. The pro-Christian turn of the empire. The age of Constantine.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. The Constantinian question. The Arian controversy. Geographical areas. Syria. Africa (Donatism). Rome. Georgia. Appendix: Summary of the chapter.
XI. The Christianisation of the empire. The fourth century.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. Monasticism. The conflict between paganism and Christianity. Julian. Apologetics after Constantine. Doctrinal controversies and councils. Geographical areas. Asia and Cappadocia. Syria. Egypt. Africa. Rome and the West. Christianity outside the empire. Armenia. Persia. Arabia. Axum. Liturgies and the calendar. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Summary graph.
XII. The birth of ‘Eastern’ Christians. The 5th and 6th centuries.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. Christological controversies. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon. Nestorians and Monophysites. The 6th century. The age of Justinian. Geographical areas. Syria. Egypt. Africa. Rome and the West. Christianity outside the Byzantine empire. Armenia. Persia. Arabia. Axum. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Summary graph for the 5th and 6th centuries.
XIII. The West between Christianity and Islam. The 7th century.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. Religion and politics in the age of the Isaurians. Muhammad, the Qur’an, Islam. Geographical areas. Syria. Egypt. Africa. Rome. Missions in central and western Asia. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter. 2. Synopsis of the 7th century.
XIV. The controversy about sacred images and the definition of Byzantine Orthodoxy.
The historic picture. The main historic sources. The iconoclastic controversy. Syria and Rome. Appendix: 1. Summary of the chapter.
Starting research.
Bibliographical notes
Abbreviations
Analytical Index
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