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Resource:	Books (141.0800) The Early Jesus Movement and Its Parties: A New Way to Look at the New Testament
Author:	Eberts, Harry W.
Publisher:	YBK Publishers, Inc., 2009
Length:	144 pages
Heading:	020 — Bible Study
Subjects:	Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Biblical Studies - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts; Christianity-Bible Studies-Jesus, The Gospels and Acts
# Copies:	1
ISBN/ISSN:	9780982401231
Description:	FROM THE PUBLISHER: What have generations of New Testament scholars been hiding from us over all the ages? Harry and Paul Eberts challenge readers to rethink the New Testament. Most scholars have presumed there was a reasonably unified movement among the Christian churches led by Peter, Paul, James, and Philip immediately following Jesus' death and resurrection. The Eberts suggest that at least four parties vied with each other to attract converts to the belief that Jesus is the Christ: Peter/James/Stephen, Philip, and Apollos/ and Paul and Barnabas. Up to now, most scholars have presumed the Gospels to be at least somewhat additive in developing the character of Jesus. The Eberts suggest that each Gospel represents the viewpoint of one of the four parties, thus presenting differing views of the meaning of Jesus' life, his death, and his resurrection. There has been the regular presumption that St. Paul's letters were unified statements of his views of beliefs, behaviors, and practices in the early churches. The Eberts instead suggest that the letters show a shifting over time in Paul's theology and ethics as the apostles struggled with the other three Christian parties and with Gentiles to convert nonbelievers to Christianity. Harry and Paul Eberts are brothers devoted to researching the New Testament. Both are Yale Divinity School graduates.
Age Groups:	None specified.

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