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“Our understanding of early Christian beginnings is usually monolithic. It is much determined by the Acts of the Apostles, which pictures a straightforward development from the primitive community in Jerusalem founded on Pentecost to the world-wide mission of Paul climaxing with his arrival in Rome, the political centre of the Greco-Roman world. The Pauline epistles are understood not so much as historical sources reflecting a much more multifaceted early Christian situation fraught with tensions but as theological treatises expounding and defending the doctrine of justification by faith.”

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Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza is an influential scholar in the fields of religious studies, theology, and feminism. Born on April 17, 1938, she is known for her critical analysis of biblical texts and her contributions to the development of feminist theology. more

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