Christian origins / 
Richard A. Horsley, editor. 
 - Minneapolis :  Fortress Press,  2005. 
 - xv, 318 p. 
 - A people's history of Christianity ;  v. 1 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley -- Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II -- Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett -- Matthew's people / Warren Carter -- The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan -- Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott -- Family matters / Carolyn Osiek -- The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin -- Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen -- Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080063411X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005024482 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR160  / .C47 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1 Chr 2005 v.1