After Jesus: Christianity to be "invented"
Cover of the book "After Jesus, the invention of Christianity" © Albin Michel
By: Geneviève Delrue
2 min
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World Religions - Sunday August 15, 2021 - 11.10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Paris time
(Replay of 12/27/2020)
Jesus did not leave any writing, did not institute any clergy, did not create any new religion.
When he died, the story could have ended there.
In Palestine under Roman domination, how did Christianity gradually come out of Judaism, how was it born in small Jewish communities who saw in this preacher the long awaited Messiah of Israel?
An “inverted” Messiah, crucified death in contrast to the glorious representation of the prophecies.
How did Christianity gradually develop its creed?
What was the role of the first bishops within the network they formed around the Mediterranean?
With 80 contributors specializing in primitive Christianity,
the Encyclopedia
After Jesus, the invention of Christianity
(Albin Michel)
reconstructs this time of beginnings.
This book of 700 pages,
under
the direction of Roselyne Dupont-Roc and Antoine Guggenheim father
followed
the Encyclopedia Jesus
, published in 2017 by Albin Michel.
It is prefaced by the philosopher and historian
Marcel Gauchet.
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