Early Gentile Christianity And Its Hellenistic Background by Arthur Darby Nock
Explores how a predominantly non-Jewish movement took shape within the Hellenistic religious and social environment, showing how notions of conversion, salvation, lordship, and communal rites were recast for Gentile audiences. It weighs affinities with mystery cults, popular piety, and philosophical currents while stressing decisive reinterpretation rather than direct borrowing, and highlights the urban missionary setting, voluntary associations, and synagogue-connected “God-fearers” as key conduits of growth.
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- 1929
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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