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Arnold Joseph Toynbee

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Description:‘The subject of this book,’ writes Arnold Toynbee in his preface, ‘is the place and time in which Christianity made its appearance in the world. The place is the Western end of the Old World; within this, the Mediterranean basin; and, within that, the eastern part of it, known in the Romance languages as the Levant. The time is a span of approximately four centuries in all, i.e. the last two centuries before the beginning of the Christian Era and the first two after it.’This is the basic framework of a richly illustrated view of the Classical world – of its culture, its history, its people, and its numerous religions, among which Christianity seemed, at the time of its first appearance, to be a very minor manifestation. Yet by a combination of fortuitous circumstances, and despite periodic persecutions, Christianity came to overshadow the Jewish faith from which it had sprung to become the dominant and finally exclusive religion of the Roman Empire. It is these circumstances that are so brilliantly presented here: the agonized story of the Jews, vainly attempting to withstand or at least survive the Roman onslaught, an effort that ended with the destruction of their nation; the broad spectrum of philosophies and religions in which Christianity grew up; the changing role of Christianity itself, metamorphosing from a small, primarily Jewish sect to a universal, gentile religion.A team of fourteen leading authorities from Europe and the United States explore all the aspects of this complex and crucially significant world. A wealth of illustrations is also used to clarify and illuminate every corner of the vast panorama. Many of these were especially commissioned for this work, and many display such recent findings of archaeology as the Dead Sea scrolls and the remains of the Zealot fort at Masada. They include both acknowledged masterpieces and obscure artifacts, and range from the proud marble reliefs of conquering Rome to the pathetic relics of the Jewish revolt, from the enigmatic frescos of mystery religions to Gnostic papyri recently recovered from the sands of Egypt. Preparation of this whole great volume, text and pictures alike, has been personally supervised at every stage by Professor Toynbee, who in the opening chapter gives his own considered analysis of what was without question the most significant epoch in the whole story of mankind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Crucible of Christianity: Judaism, Hellenism and the Historical Background to the Christian Faith. To get started finding The Crucible of Christianity: Judaism, Hellenism and the Historical Background to the Christian Faith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 368

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Release: 1969

ISBN: 0500110115

Description: ‘The subject of this book,’ writes Arnold Toynbee in his preface, ‘is the place and time in which Christianity made its appearance in the world. The place is the Western end of the Old World; within this, the Mediterranean basin; and, within that, the eastern part of it, known in the Romance languages as the Levant. The time is a span of approximately four centuries in all, i.e. the last two centuries before the beginning of the Christian Era and the first two after it.’This is the basic framework of a richly illustrated view of the Classical world – of its culture, its history, its people, and its numerous religions, among which Christianity seemed, at the time of its first appearance, to be a very minor manifestation. Yet by a combination of fortuitous circumstances, and despite periodic persecutions, Christianity came to overshadow the Jewish faith from which it had sprung to become the dominant and finally exclusive religion of the Roman Empire. It is these circumstances that are so brilliantly presented here: the agonized story of the Jews, vainly attempting to withstand or at least survive the Roman onslaught, an effort that ended with the destruction of their nation; the broad spectrum of philosophies and religions in which Christianity grew up; the changing role of Christianity itself, metamorphosing from a small, primarily Jewish sect to a universal, gentile religion.A team of fourteen leading authorities from Europe and the United States explore all the aspects of this complex and crucially significant world. A wealth of illustrations is also used to clarify and illuminate every corner of the vast panorama. Many of these were especially commissioned for this work, and many display such recent findings of archaeology as the Dead Sea scrolls and the remains of the Zealot fort at Masada. They include both acknowledged masterpieces and obscure artifacts, and range from the proud marble reliefs of conquering Rome to the pathetic relics of the Jewish revolt, from the enigmatic frescos of mystery religions to Gnostic papyri recently recovered from the sands of Egypt. Preparation of this whole great volume, text and pictures alike, has been personally supervised at every stage by Professor Toynbee, who in the opening chapter gives his own considered analysis of what was without question the most significant epoch in the whole story of mankind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Crucible of Christianity: Judaism, Hellenism and the Historical Background to the Christian Faith. To get started finding The Crucible of Christianity: Judaism, Hellenism and the Historical Background to the Christian Faith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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