Who Were the First Christians?

Who Were the First Christians?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780190620547
ISBN-13 : 0190620544
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Book Synopsis Who Were the First Christians? by : Thomas Arthur Robinson

Download or read book Who Were the First Christians? written by Thomas Arthur Robinson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the consensus view of the urban character of early Christianity Demonstrates that almost every scenario in reconstructing early Christian growth is mathematically improbable and in many case impossible unless a rural dimension of the Christian movement is factored in Points to the likelihood that the marginal and the rustic made up a larger part of its membership than is generally recognized.


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