Christian Origins/ 
Richard A. Horsley, editor 
 - Minneapolis :  Fortress Press,  c2005. 
 - xviii, 318 p.,leaves of plates, :  ill. (some col.), maps, ports (some col.) ;  25cm. 
 - People's history of Christianity  Vol 1 .
<br/><br/>General editor's foreword / Denis R. Janz -- Introduction: unearthing a people's history / Richard A. Horsley -- Part 1. Early Jesus movements: 1.Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley -- 2. Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II -- 3. Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire -- 4. Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- Part 2. Cities and texts: 5. Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett -- 6. Matthew's people / Warren Carter -- 7. The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan -- 8. Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott -- Part 3. Social patterns and practices: 9. Family matters / Carolyn Osiek -- 10. The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin -- 11. Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen -- 12. Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR160.C47 2005