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Introduction; Notes; 1 What Really Is Religion?; 1.1 Culture; 1.2 Cultural Relativism; 1.3 The Need for Order; 1.4 Culture Meets Genetics; 1.5 Culture and Religion; 1.6 Multiculturalism and Religious Pluralism; 1.7 Analysis of Religion; 1.8 Religious Myth; 1.9 Ritual; 2 The Study of the Jewish Past; 2.1 The Search for an Historical Israel; 2.2 Moves to a Text-Based Approach; 2.3 Literary Israel; 2.4 Historical Israel; 2.5 Biblical Israel; 2.6 Judah in the Persian Period; 2.7 Yahweh the High God; 2.8 The Society of Yehud; 2.9 Scribal Activity; 2.10 Hellenisation; 2.11 The Hasmoneans
3 The Study of the Christian Past3.1 Literary Jesus; 3.2 Historical Jesus; 3.3 Biblical Jesus; 4 The Roman Context of Early Christianity; 4.1 The Roman Republic; 4.2 Augustus, Imperator; 4.3 Roman Society; 4.4 Roman Religion; 4.5 The Roman Empire Moves into the East; 4.6 Galilee; 4.7 Herod the Great; 4.8 Judea Under the Empire; 5 The Jesus Movement Communities in Palestine; 5.1 James the Brother of the Lord; 5.2 Successors After the Death of James; 5.3 The Nazaraioi; 5.4 Peter and 'The Twelve'; 5.5 Stephen and the Hellenists; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Christianity in Rome; 6.1 Jews in Rome
6.2 The Jesus-Movement in Rome6.3 From Jewish Jesus-Movement to Roman Christianity in Rome; 6.4 The Autonomy of Christians in Rome; 6.5 The So-called Neronian Persecution; 6.6 The Flavians; 6.7 Clement and San Clemente; 7 The Roman Connection of Peter; 7.1 The Tropaion; 7.2 The Archaeology of San Pietro; 8 The Isaac Tradition; 8.1 The Genesis Text; 8.2 The Wider Context of the Binding Story; 8.3 An Historical Context for the Tradition; 8.4 A Synchronic Reading of the Tradition; 8.5 The 'Testing' Aspect of the Tradition; 8.6 From the Vantage Point of Christianity
8.7 An Extended Version of the Aqedah?8.8 Later Christian Writing; 8.9 The Growth of the Story; 8.10 The Roman Christian Myth; 9 The Gospel of Mark; 9.1 Roman Historiography; 9.2 The Synoptics; 9.3 The Roman Traditions; 10 The Nine Markan Roman Traditions; 10.1 The Title; 10.2 Tradition One; 10.3 Tradition Two; 10.4 Tradition Three; 10.5 Tradition Four; 10.6 Tradition Five; 10.7 Tradition Six; 10.8 Tradition Seven; 10.9 Tradition Eight; 10.10 Tradition Nine; 10.11 Conclusion to the Nine Traditions; 11 The Christian Gnostics; 11.1 The Texts from Nag Hammadi; 11.2 The Gospel of Mary
11.3 The Gospel of Judas11.4 Gnostic Jesus-Movement Communities; 11.5 Gnosis; 11.6 The Great Invisible Spirit; 11.7 Adam and Eve; 11.8 The Gnostic Jesus; 11.9 The Search for Gnosis; 11.10 The Gnostic World; 11.11 Gnostic Salvation; 11.12 The Departure of Jesus; 12 Roman Christianity Returns to the East; 12.1 Capernaum and Nazareth; 12.2 The Cenacle in Jerusalem; 13 Sources for a Study of Paul; 13.1 Paul in the Acts of the Apostles; 13.2 The Letters of Paul; 13.3 Galatians; 13.4 1 Thessalonians; 13.5 I Corinthians; 13.6 Philippians; 13.7 Philemon; 13.8 2 Corinthians; 13.9 Romans
3 The Study of the Christian Past3.1 Literary Jesus; 3.2 Historical Jesus; 3.3 Biblical Jesus; 4 The Roman Context of Early Christianity; 4.1 The Roman Republic; 4.2 Augustus, Imperator; 4.3 Roman Society; 4.4 Roman Religion; 4.5 The Roman Empire Moves into the East; 4.6 Galilee; 4.7 Herod the Great; 4.8 Judea Under the Empire; 5 The Jesus Movement Communities in Palestine; 5.1 James the Brother of the Lord; 5.2 Successors After the Death of James; 5.3 The Nazaraioi; 5.4 Peter and 'The Twelve'; 5.5 Stephen and the Hellenists; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Christianity in Rome; 6.1 Jews in Rome
6.2 The Jesus-Movement in Rome6.3 From Jewish Jesus-Movement to Roman Christianity in Rome; 6.4 The Autonomy of Christians in Rome; 6.5 The So-called Neronian Persecution; 6.6 The Flavians; 6.7 Clement and San Clemente; 7 The Roman Connection of Peter; 7.1 The Tropaion; 7.2 The Archaeology of San Pietro; 8 The Isaac Tradition; 8.1 The Genesis Text; 8.2 The Wider Context of the Binding Story; 8.3 An Historical Context for the Tradition; 8.4 A Synchronic Reading of the Tradition; 8.5 The 'Testing' Aspect of the Tradition; 8.6 From the Vantage Point of Christianity
8.7 An Extended Version of the Aqedah?8.8 Later Christian Writing; 8.9 The Growth of the Story; 8.10 The Roman Christian Myth; 9 The Gospel of Mark; 9.1 Roman Historiography; 9.2 The Synoptics; 9.3 The Roman Traditions; 10 The Nine Markan Roman Traditions; 10.1 The Title; 10.2 Tradition One; 10.3 Tradition Two; 10.4 Tradition Three; 10.5 Tradition Four; 10.6 Tradition Five; 10.7 Tradition Six; 10.8 Tradition Seven; 10.9 Tradition Eight; 10.10 Tradition Nine; 10.11 Conclusion to the Nine Traditions; 11 The Christian Gnostics; 11.1 The Texts from Nag Hammadi; 11.2 The Gospel of Mary
11.3 The Gospel of Judas11.4 Gnostic Jesus-Movement Communities; 11.5 Gnosis; 11.6 The Great Invisible Spirit; 11.7 Adam and Eve; 11.8 The Gnostic Jesus; 11.9 The Search for Gnosis; 11.10 The Gnostic World; 11.11 Gnostic Salvation; 11.12 The Departure of Jesus; 12 Roman Christianity Returns to the East; 12.1 Capernaum and Nazareth; 12.2 The Cenacle in Jerusalem; 13 Sources for a Study of Paul; 13.1 Paul in the Acts of the Apostles; 13.2 The Letters of Paul; 13.3 Galatians; 13.4 1 Thessalonians; 13.5 I Corinthians; 13.6 Philippians; 13.7 Philemon; 13.8 2 Corinthians; 13.9 Romans