Trajectories through Early Christianity

Library of Early Christology

by James M. Robinson, Helmut Koester, Helmut Köster

Contents 1 The Dismantling and Reassembling of the Categories of New Testament Scholarship 2 Kerygma and History in the New Testament 3 LOGOI On the Gattung of Q 4 GNOMAI The Origin and Nature of Diversification in the History of Early Christianity 5 One Jesus and Four Primitive Gospels 6 The Structure and Criteria of Early Christian Beliefs 7 The Johannine Trajectory 8 The Intention and Scope of Trajectories

310 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1971

About the author

James McConkey Robinson (born June 30, 1924) is Professor Emeritus of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. He is a member of the Jesus Seminar and arguably the most prominent Q and Nag Hammadi library scholar of the 20th century. He is also a major contributor to The International Q Project, acting as an editor for most of their publications. Particularly, he laid the ground for John S. Kloppenborg's foundational work into the compositional history of Q, by arguing its genre as an ancient wisdom collection.

Reviews

[Alexis K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is deeply interested in early Christianity. I will say, James Robinson’s essays are much tougher to read than Helmut Koester’s essays. I thoroughly enjoyed Koester’s essays!!