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A central figure in the reconception of early Christian history over the
last three decades, Wayne Meeks offers here a selection of his most influential
writings on the New Testament and early Christianity. His essays illustrate
recent changes in our thinking about the early Christian movement and pose
provocative questions regarding the history of this period. Meeks explores a range of topics, from the figure of the androgyne in
antiquity to the timeless matter of God's reliability, from Paul's ethical
rhetoric to New Testament pictures of Christianity's separation from Jewish
communities. Meeks's introduction offers a retrospective on New Testament
studies of the past 30 years and explains the intersection of these studies
with a variety of exploratory and revisionist movements in the humanities,
embracing social theory, history, anthropology and literature. In an epilogue
the author reflects on future directions for New Testament scholarship. Wayne Meeks offers here a selection of his most influential writings on the
New Testament and early Christianity. His essays illustrate recent changes in
our thinking about the early Christian movement and pose provocative questions
regarding the history of this period.
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