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The Dictionary of Historical Theology is a major reference work designed for anyone interested in the history and development of Christian theology. Featuring 314 articles on the key figures, theological movements, and significant texts that have shaped Christian thought, Dictionary of Historical Theology traces the doctrinal development of Christianity from the early church to the present....
The Ebionites were an early Jewish-Christian sect, concentrated especially in Transjordan, Syria and Egypt. The name is a Graecized form of the Hebrew haʾ ebyonim, ‘the poor’, a title used by the Qumran community (1QM 11.9.13; 13.13f.; 1QH 5.22; 1QpHab 12.3. 6.10) and by some of the Jerusalem believers in apostolic times (Gal. 2:10). The Ebionites were legalistic ascetics who espoused poverty and practised vegetarianism, equating economic frailty with spiritual blessing (cf. Lk. 6:20).
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