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Backgrounds of Early Christianity - 3rd Edition
Everett Ferguson

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Format: Paperback, 648pp.
ISBN: 9780802822215
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Pub. Date: September 2003

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Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson’s Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expanded and updated in this third edition. The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. New to this edition are revisions of Ferguson’s original material, updated bibliographies, and fresh discussions of first-century social life, of Gnosticism, and of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish literature.
 
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Everett Ferguson is professor emeritus of Bible at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
General Bibliography
Introduction: Perspectives on Parallels
1.Political History
I. Introduction
II. Near East before Alexander
III. Alexander the Great
IV. The Hellenistic Kingdoms
V. Rome
VI. Administration of the Empire
2.Society and Culture
I. Introduction
II. The Roman Military
III. Social Classes
IV. Slavery
V. Roman Citizenship
VI. Roman Law
VII. Social Morality
VIII. Economic Life
IX. Entertainment
X. Education
XI. Literature and Language
XII. Art and Architecture
XIII. Clubs and Associations
3.Hellenistic-Roman Religions
I. Ancient Greek Religion
II. Ancient Roman Religion
III. Religion in Hellenistic-Roman Times: General Characteristics
IV. Domestic and Rural Religion
V. Civic Cults
VI. Ruler Cult
VII. Personal Religion
VIII. Greek Mysteries and Eastern Religions
IX. Gnosticism, Hermetic Literature, Chaldean Oracles
X. Later Developments: Monotheism and Sun Worship
4.Hellenistic-Roman Philosophies
I. Introduction
II. Sophists and Socrates
III. Plato and the Academy to the First Century
IV. Aristotle and the Peripatetics
V. Skepticism
VI. Cynicism
VII. Stoicism
VIII. Epicureanism
IX. Eclecticism
X. Neopythagoreanism
XI. Middle Platonism
XII. Plotinus and Neoplatoism
5.Judaism
I. Jewish History, 538 B.C. to A.D. 200
II. Jews in the Early Roman Empire
III. Jewish Literature and Other Sources in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
IV. Parties and Sects
V. Beliefs and Practices
VI. Organization and Institutions
6.Christianity in the Ancient World
I. Literary References to Christianity in Non-Christian Sources
II. Archaeology Remains Bearing on Early Christian History
III. Some Claimed Archaeological Remains of Early Christanity
IV. Attitudes of Pagans toward Christians
V. The Leagal Status of Christianity
VI. Hindrances to the Acceptance of Christianity
VII. Religious Rivals
VIII. Factors Favorable to Christianity
IX. What was Unique in Christianity
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture References
Map of the Ancient World

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