From Christ to Christianity

How the Jesus Movement Became the Church in Less Than a Century

James R. Edwards

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781540961402
• eBook ISBN:
  9781493420216
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

How did the movement founded by Jesus transform more in the first seventy-five years after his death than it has in the two thousand years since? This book tells the story of how the Christian movement, which began as relatively informal, rural, Hebrew and Aramaic speaking, and closely anchored to the Jewish synagogue, became primarily urban, Greek speaking, and gentile by the early second century, spreading through the Greco-Roman world with a mission agenda and church organization distinct from its roots in Jewish Galilee. It also shows how the early church's witness can encourage the church today.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Maps
• Introduction
• 1. From Rural to Urban
• 2. From Jerusalem to Rome
• 3. From Jerusalem to the East and South
• 4. From Hebrew to Greek
• 5. From Jesus Movement to Gentile Mission
• 6. From Jesus Movement to Roman Persecution
• 7. From Torah to Kerygma
• 8. From Synagogue to Church
• 9. From Jewish to Christian Ethos
• 10. From Passover to Eucharist
• 11. From Apostles to Bishops
• 12. From Sabbath to Sunday
• 13. From “Way” to “Christian”
• 14. From Scroll to Codex
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Scripture Index
• Ancient Writings Index
• Subject Index
• Back Cover