Early Christian Mission,9780830827909

Early Christian Mission

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ISBN13: 9780830827909
ISBN10: 0830827900
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-11-30
Publisher(s): Ivp Academic
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Summary

In a two-volume work, Eckhard J. Schnabel offers a comprehensive and defiinitive examination of the first century of missionary expansion--from Jesus to the last of the apostles.

Table of Contents

Outline of Volumes 1 & 2 ix
Preface xxiii
Abbreviations xxviii
List of Maps and Figures
xli
Introduction
The History of Early Christianity as History of Missions
3(6)
Questions and Issues of Method
9(32)
Chronology and Events
41(14)
PART I: PROMISE
Israel's Eschatological Expectations and Jewish Expansion in the Second Temple Period
The Reality and the Work of Yahweh the Creator
55(12)
The Relationship Between Israel, Israelites and Gentiles
67(25)
The Expansion of God's People in Early Jewish Texts
92(81)
Summary
173(4)
PART II: FULFILLMENT
The Mission of Jesus
Historical and Social Realities in Palestine
177(30)
Jesus' Mission to Israel
207(56)
The Mission of the Twelve
263(53)
The Mission of the Seventy-Two
316(11)
Jesus and Gentiles
327(56)
Summary
383(6)
PART III: BEGINNINGS
The Mission of the Apostles in Jerusalem
The Apostles as Envoys of Jesus the Messiah
389(17)
Priorities and Convictions of the Jerusalem Apostles
406(30)
Vision, Strategy and Methods
436(116)
Summary
552(5)
PART IV: EXODUS
The Mission of the Twelve from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth
Historical, Social and Religious Realities in the Roman Empire
557(96)
The Hellenistic Jewish Christians in Jerusalem
653(17)
The First Transregional Mission of Jewish Christians from Jerusalem
670(32)
The Missionary Work of Peter
702(27)
The Jewish-Christian Missionary Work from Jerusalem to Rome
729(182)
Summary
911(12)
PART V: PIONEER MISSIONARY WORK
The Mission of the Apostle Paul
Paul from Tarsus and from Jerusalem
923(60)
Contacts, Conferences and Conflicts
983(48)
Missionary Work in Arabia, Syria and Cilicia
1031(42)
Missionary Work in Asia Minor, Greece and Spain
1073(220)
Missionary Tactics and Communication
1293(183)
Summary
1476(13)
PART VI: GROWTH
Consolidation and Challenges of the Early Christian Churches
Realities of the Early Christian Mission
1489(44)
Mission and Persecution
1533(8)
PART VII: RESULTS
The Identity, Praxis and Message of the Early Christian Missionaries
The Self-understanding of the Early Christian Missionaries
1541(7)
The Praxis of the Early Christian Missionaries
1548(14)
The Message of the Early Christian Missionaries
1562(7)
The Early Christian Missionary Movement and Missions in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
1569(20)
Maps and Figures
1589(40)
Bibliography
1629(168)
Sources and Resources
1629(23)
Commentaries
1652(9)
Secondary Literature
1661(136)
Permissions
1797
Indexes
Names Index
1799(27)
Subject Index
1826(19)
Geographic Index
1845(16)
Scripture and Other Ancient Texts Index
1861

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