ix, 326 pages : 25 cm; Prologue: The mystique of sacred scripture -- Jesus and the Christ. Clashing cultures -- Teaching from the Jesus movements (Q, pronouncement stores, Gospel of Thomas, miracle stories, the pillars in Jerusalem) -- Fragments from the Christ cult (Christ myth, ritual meal, Christ hymn) -- Christ and the hinge of history. Paul and his gospel (1 and 2 Thessalonians, Galatians) -- Paul's' letters to Greeks and Romans (1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, Philemon, Philippians) -- Gospels of Jesus the Christ (Mark, Matthew, Luke) -- Visions of the cosmic Lord (John, Colossians, Ephesians, Hebrews, Revelation) -- Letters from the apostles (Pastoral epistles, Catholic epistles, James, Johannine letters) -- History and the Christian myth. Inventing Apostolic traditions (Acts, Didache, 1 Clement, Ignatius) -- Claiming Israel's epic (Marcion, Valentinus, Justin Martyr) -- Creating the Christian Bible (Canons, Mishnah, Eusebius, Jerome) --Epilogue: The fascination of the Bible -- Appendices: Early Christian literature ; The contents of Q ; The pronouncement stories in Mark.; The making of the Christian myth.; 

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