From synagogue to church : public services and offices in the earliest Christian communities
This important work engages with a long historical debate: were the earliest Christians under the direction of ordained ministers, or under the influence of inspired laypeople?
Print Book, English, 2004
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
History
xviii, 375 pages ; 23 cm
9780521891561, 0521891566
176633317
Preface; 1. The Reformation: challenge to an old consensus; 2. The nineteenth century: a new consensus is formulated; 3. The early twentieth century: the consensus is disputed; 4. The last fifty years: the consensus restated, rechallenged, reused; 5. A search for a new hypothesis; 6. Jewish community organization in the later Second Temple period; 7. The officers of the synagogue; 8. Community organization in the early Christian settlement; 9. A conclusion; Index auctorum; Index locorum.
Reprint. Originally published: 1992