{"product_id":"trajectories-through-early-christianity-james-m-robinson-9781481309554","title":"Trajectories Through Early Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early '70s, James M. Robinson (Claremont) and Helmut Koester (Harvard), both students of Bultmann, broke new ground in their \u003ci\u003eTrajectories through Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e. The eight essays that comprise this volume seek a wholesale redefinition of the task of New Testament studies, as well as illustrating this newly conceived task.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson and Koester claim that the New Testament cannot be read apart from other early Christian literature and that the regnant designation of \"canon\" is misleading because it obscures the essential fluidity of early Christianity. Robinson and Koester not only question the artificial limits of the New Testament as a whole, but also the utility of the most commonly accepted forms ( \u003ci\u003eGattungen\u003c\/i\u003e) that constitute the New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, even the labels \"orthodoxy\" and \"heresy\" should be abandoned--along with an outmoded belief that orthodoxy preceded heresy and formed the center of Christianity. From its birth, Christianity was pluriform, and what later came to be known as \"orthodoxy\" and \"heresy\" were only two of many equally legitimate trajectories running through Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson and Koester's bold wrestling with the basic question of Christian origins proves as instructive today as it did over forty years ago: was there ever identifiable unity in early Christianity, or has diversity always been the measuring stick?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481309552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481309554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"James M. Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321454981375,"sku":"9781481309554","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3100a5c8-5cdd-48ef-9f32-55041989a5a4.jpg?v=1696330984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trajectories-through-early-christianity-james-m-robinson-9781481309554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}