The People's Jesus :

Scroggs, Robin.

The People's Jesus : trajectories in early Christianity / Robin Scroggs ; edited by Marshall D. Johnson ; with a foreword by Alexandra Brown. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011. - xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Seeking the patterns of thought that shaped early beliefs about Jesus as the Christ, the late Robin Scroggs explores the social settings that sparked the primary christological themes and traces their trajectories through the literature that made up the New Testament" -- Publisher's description.

9780800697914 (hc : alk. paper)


Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.


Bible.--New Testament--Theology.
Bible.--New Testament--Social scientific criticism.

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