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Author Brandon, S. G. F. (Samuel George Frederick), 1907-1971.

Title The fall of Jerusalem and the Christian church : a study of the effects of the Jewish overthrow of A. D. 70 on Christianity
Edition [Second edition]
Published London : S.P.C.K., 1968

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Description xx, 294 pages : frontispiece ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Introductory. The nature of the problem of Christian origins -- 2. The primitive church : its territorial extent and internal constitution according to the evidence (a) of the writings of Paul and (b) of the Acts of the Apostles -- 3. The church in Palestine according to the evidence of the synoptic gospels and other Palestinian sources -- 4. The Pauline interpretation of Christianity -- 5. Christianity according to the church of Jerusalem -- 6. The Jewish Christians and their nation's cause against Rome -- 7. The crisis of A.D. 55 to 66 -- 8. The Jewish War against Rome, A.D. 66 to 70 -- 9. The fate of the Palestinian church -- 10. The Markan reaction to A.D. 70 -- 11. The Lukan literature and the rehabilitation of Paul -- 12. The gospel of Matthew and the origins of Alexandrian Christianity -- Epilogue
Notes Includes bibliography
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 252-264
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Christianity -- Origin.
SUBJECT Jerusalem -- History -- Siege, 70 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069908
LC no. 74173165
ISBN 0281004501