The History of the Origins of Christianity. Book I. Life of
Joseph Ernest. Renan's invaluable historical account of early Christianity and the ancient church.
32 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER XXVIII: ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE WORK OF JESUS
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chapter of: certainly written subsequently to the siege of Jerusalem, but not very
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CHAPTER I: PLACE OF JESUS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
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CHAPTER II: INFANCY AND YOUTH OF JESUS--HIS FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
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CHAPTER III: EDUCATION OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER IV: THE ORDER OF THOUGHT FROM WHOSE CENTRE JESUS WAS DEVELOPED.
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CHAPTER V: THE FIRST SAYINGS OF JESUS--HIS IDEAS OF A "FATHER-GOD" AND OF A PURE
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CHAPTER VI: JOHN THE BAPTIST--VISIT OF JESUS TO JOHN, AND HIS ABODE IN THE DESERT OF
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CHAPTER VII: DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEAS OF JESUS RELATIVE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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CHAPTER VIII: JESUS AT CAPERNAUM.
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CHAPTER IX: THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER X: PREACHINGS ON THE LAKE.
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CHAPTER XI: THE KINGDOM OF GOD CONCEIVED AS THE INHERITANCE OF THE POOR.
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CHAPTER XII: EMBASSY TO JESUS FROM JOHN IN PRISON--DEATH OF JOHN--THE RELATIONS OF HIS
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CHAPTER XIII: FIRST ATTEMPTS ON JERUSALEM.
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CHAPTER XIV: RELATIONS OF JESUS WITH THE PAGANS AND THE SAMARITANS.
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CHAPTER XV: COMMENCEMENT OF THE LEGEND OF JESUS--HIS OWN IDEA OF HIS SUPERNATURAL
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CHAPTER XVI: MIRACLES.
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CHAPTER XVII: DEFINITE FORM OF THE IDEAS OF JESUS IN RESPECT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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CHAPTER XVIII: INSTITUTIONS OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XIX: INCREASING PROGRESSION OF ENTHUSIASM AND OF EXALTATION.
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CHAPTER XX: OPPOSITION TO JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXI: LAST JOURNEY OF JESUS TO JERUSALEM.
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CHAPTER XXII: MACHINATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXIII: LAST WEEK OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXIV: ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXV: DEATH OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXVI: JESUS IN THE TOMB.
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CHAPTER XXVII: FATE OF THE ENEMIES OF JESUS.
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CHAPTER XXVIII: ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE WORK OF JESUS.
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chapter iv: is important. The author, in a sort of repenting himself of what he has
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chapter xix: Jesus to the paschal lamb, the author is much more explicit. As regards
