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The First One Hundred Years of Christianity: An Introduction to Its History, Literature, and Development is unavailable, but you can change that!

Beginning as a marginal group in Galilee, the movement initiated by Jesus of Nazareth became a world religion within 100 years. Why, among various religious movements, did Christianity succeed? This major work by internationally renowned scholar Udo Schnelle traces the historical, cultural, and theological influences and developments of the early years of the Christian movement. It shows how...

(cf. Gen. 5:18–24)30 or Moses and the archangel Michael31 surround God and act on his behalf. As participants in the heavenly world, they are subordinate to God, and in no way do they endanger the belief in the one God. As created and subordinate powers, they do not compete with God. The language of human hierarchy is used to describe the activities of God for the world and in the world. Judaism, with its hope for the resurrection of the dead, provided the framework and conceptual background within
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