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Title: From Paul to Valentinus: Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries by Peter Lampe, Michael Steinhauser, Marshall D. Johnson ISBN: 0-8006-2702-4 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Extensively researched and superbly presented
Comment: From Paul To Valentinus: Christians At Rome In The First Two Centuries by Peter Lampe (Professor of New Testament, University of Heidelberg, Germany), amalgamates world history, archaeology, theology, and social analysis in a scholarly and informationally impressive presentation on the rise and shape of the earliest Christian churches in Rome. Extensively researched and superbly presented, From Paul To Valentinus successfully strives to present a multifaceted picture of a once-struggling faith's crucial formative era that would be of immense interest to both academia and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the history of the Christian church.
Rating: 2
Summary: Sociological speculation in the psychohistory mode
Comment: I have only read the chapter on Valentinus, who is an interest of mine. What disturbs me is the speculation which completes the chapter, that Valentinus was an example of a politically powerless intellectual whose power drive was frustrated and so he created a form of religious ideology where his displaced drive could have a kind of imaginative revenge. Well, Nietzsche made a very similar case about all of Christianity. There's a kind of ad hominem politico-material reductiveness about this, as well as the enormous speculative leap involved, which makes me question the whole enterprise. Shall we apply the same criteria to the authors and suggest that they are projecting their own professorial power drive and political powerlessness onto Valentinus? I have degrees and experience both in theology and psychology. Both are noble disciplines, but if not carefully watched, they can start to sound like the opinions of wine-tasters and astrologists, making me wonder: "Is there less to this than meets the eye?" As I say, I read only one chapter. I hope the rest of the work is better.
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Title: Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul's Letter by Philip Francis Esler ISBN: 0800634357 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Jesus Remembered (Christianity in the Making, Vol. 1) by James D. G. Dunn ISBN: 0802839312 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: The Apostolic Fathers : Volume II. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas by Bart D. Ehrman ISBN: 0674996089 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society by Philip Harland ISBN: 0800635892 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God by Robert Louis Wilken ISBN: 0300097085 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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