| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Bart D. Ehrman, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Credits |
Producer/editor, Jaimée M. Aigret ; director, Tom Dunton. |
| Summary |
Presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. Includes examination of Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church offices and theology. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The birth of Christianity ; The religious world of early Christianity ; The historical Jesus ; Oral and written traditions about Jesus ; The Apostle Paul ; The beginning of Jewish-Christian relations -- Disc 2. The anti-Jewish use of the Old Testament ; The rise of Christian anti-Judaism ; The early Christian mission ; The Christianization of the Roman Empire ; The early persecutions of the State ; The causes of Christian persecution -- Disc 3. Christian reactions to persecution ; The early Christian apologists ; The diversity of early Christian communities ; Christianities of the second century ; The role of pseudepigrapha ; The victory of the proto-orthodox -- Disc. 4. The New Testament canon ; The development of church offices ; The rise of Christian liturgy ; The beginnings of normative theology ; The doctrine of the Trinity ; Christianity and the conquest of empire. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Theology -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
History of early Christianity |
| ISBN |
1565858468: $254.95 |
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9781565858466 |
| Music No. |
6577 Teaching Company |
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