Robert C. Knapp: The Dawn of Christianity

Cover: 9781781252086 | The Dawn of Christianity | Robert C. Knapp | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world became susceptible to the new religion. Robert Knapp looks for answers in a wide-ranging exploration of religion and everyday life from 200 BC to the end of the first century.Survival, honour and wellbeing were the chief preoccupations of Jews and polytheists alike. In both cases, the author shows, people turned first to supernatural powers. According to need, season and place polytheists consulted and placated vast constellations of gods, while the Jews worshipped and contended with one almighty and jealous deity.Professor Knapp considers why any Jew or polytheist would voluntarily dispense with a well-tried way of dealing with the supernatural and trade it in for a new model. What was it about the new religion that led people to change beliefs they had held for millennia and which in turn, within four centuries of the birth of its messiah, led it to transform the western world? His conclusions are as convincing as they are sometimes surprising.

Über den Autor

Robert Knapp taught ancient history for over thirty years at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He has published extensively on the world of the Roman Empire, including Invisible Romans (Profile 2011).

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781781252086
ISBN-10:	1781252084
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Knapp, Robert C.
Hersteller:	Profile Books Ltd
Maße:	198 x 130 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert C. Knapp
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,291 kg

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