The Emergence of Christianity

In this volume, biblical scholar and theologian François Bovon provides nineteen essays on topics of interest in the New Testament and early Christianity. Examining textual and iconographic witnesses ranging from the earliest Christian writings to a Byzantine icon from Cyprus, Bovon addresses critical issues in New Testament studies including early Christologies, notions of immortality and resurrection, ancient reception of Christian scripture, orthodoxy and heresy, manuscripts in the digital era, and others. Four of the essays appear for the first time in an English translation in this volume - two of which include the original Greek and critical apparatuses for two fragments of ancient apocryphal works. Bovon's careful treatment of the topics at hand makes this volume a reliable guide for scholars and students who wish to deepen their understanding of early Christianity.

Born 1938; 1967-93 Professor at the Divinity School at the University of Geneva; since 1993 Professor of New Testament and early Christian literature at Harvard Divinity School; in 2000 President of the International Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas; currently the Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School.