The dawn of Christianity : people and gods in a time of magic and miracles / Robert Knapp.
The dawn of Christianity : people and gods in a time of magic and miracles / Robert Knapp.
The dawn of Christianity : people and gods in a time of magic and miracles / Robert Knapp.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/0263
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The journey -- Polytheists, Jews and the supernatural -- Ordinary Jewish people -- The justice of Yahweh -- Polytheists in their world -- Paths to change -- Charismatics and messiahs -- Christianity in the Jewish and polytheistic world -- Hostility to Christianity -- Christianity's appeal: magicians...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
Ordinary people of antiquity interacted with the supernatural through a mosaic of beliefs and rituals. Exploring everyday life from 200 BCE to the end of the first century CE, Robert Knapp shows that Jews and polytheists lived with the gods in very similar ways. Traditional interactions provided stability even in times of crisis, while changing a r...
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The dawn of Christianity : people and gods in a time of magic and miracles / Robert Knapp.
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"First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0263
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74VKVGEvBbLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGEvBbLy
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ISBN
9780674976467
DDC
270.1
MMS ID
991024153618702626
