The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries

A gem for New Testament and early church scholarship, this set will surely be a standard reference work and will set the bar for years to come. * CHOICE *It is a monumental undertaking, weighing in at nearly 1500 pages … Overall, this is one of the best research publications I have acquired in years. * Religious Studies Review *Beyond the acuity of contributors, the volumes are elegantly organized and cover a diverse collection of textual and non-textual evidence. * Enoch Seminar *The expansive range of contributors is a strength of this project … Scholars of early Christianity, regardless of specialization, will want to read this collection. * Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses *The publication of this three-volume set is an indisputable feat of scholarship. The aim of the editors is simple yet stunning: to describe and discuss the myriad of sources from the first three centuries–canonical and non-canonical, literary and visual, Christian and non-Christian—that preserve and present the influence of the person and/or work of Jesus … this landmark work will serve students of the New Testament and early Christianity well for years to come. * Themelios *

Chris Keith is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK.

Helen K. Bond is Professor in Christian Origins and New Testament at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Christine Jacobi teaches at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Jens Schröter is Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Theology, and New Testament Apocrypha, at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.