Crucible of faith : The Ancient revolution that made our modern religious world

"In The Crucible of Faith, Philip Jenkins argues that much of the Judeo-Christian tradition we know today was born between 250-50 BCE, during a turbulent "Crucible Era." It was during these years that Judaism grappled with Hellenizing forces and produced new religious ideas that reflected and... Full description

Main Author:	Jenkins, Philip.
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2017
Subjects:	JUDAISM - HISTORY - POST-EXILIC PERIOD, 586 BC-210 AD. CHRISTIANITY - ORIGIN.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Summary:	"In The Crucible of Faith, Philip Jenkins argues that much of the Judeo-Christian tradition we know today was born between 250-50 BCE, during a turbulent "Crucible Era." It was during these years that Judaism grappled with Hellenizing forces and produced new religious ideas that reflected and responded to their changing world. By the time of the fall of the Temple in 70 CE, concepts that might once have seemed bizarre became normalized-and thus passed on to Christianity and later Islam. Drawing widely on contemporary sources from outside the canonical Old and New Testaments, Jenkins reveals an era of political violence and social upheaval that ultimately gave birth to entirely new ideas about religion, the afterlife, Creation and the Fall, and the nature of God and Satan."--Amazon
Item Description:	Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Physical Description:	eBook
ISBN:	9781541697751

Crucible of faith : The Ancient revolution that made our modern religious world

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