01422nam a2200253 a 450000500170000000800200001708200080003708200130004510000250005810000110008324500260009424500400012024500240016026000110018426000350019526000090023030000110023930000280025030000100027852007170028865000800100565000160108585600670110120260119071511.02024-10-14 15:56:18  a231  bG478-T45  aGillespie, Thomas W.  eAuthor  aThe First Theologians  bA Study in Early Christian Prophecy  cThomas W. Gillespie  aU.S.A.  bWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.  c1994  a286tr.  bhardcover, illustration  c24 cm  aThe First Theologians represents an important contribution to the scholarly investigation of the nature and function of early Christian prophecy.This topic, occasioned by Harnack's publication of The Didache text in 1884, is one that continues to vex New Testament scholars, who have been unable to reach widespread assent on certain pressing What were the function and location of the prophets in early Christianity? What were the nature and authority of their prophesying? What were the forms and content of their prophecy? Such questions point up the issues involved in the inquiry as it has developed, but the question of just what early Christian prophets were doing when they were prophesying remains open.  aProphecy -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca 30-600  aTheologians4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15599/238.jpgyCover Image