Description: This major resource lets readers discover the multifaceted nature of Christianity in the first three centuries, showing how the Jesus tradition was transmitted and received.
Brief description: Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.
Review Quotes:
"Beyond the acuity of contributors, the volumes are elegantly organized and cover a diverse collection of textual and non-textual evidence." - Enoch Seminar
"The expansive range of contributors is a strength of this project ... Scholars of early Christianity, regardless of specialization, will want to read this collection." - Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses