Memory In Jewish Pagan And Christian Societies Of The Graeco Roman World

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Memory in Jewish, Pagan and Christian Societies of the Graeco-Roman World

Author : Doron Mendels
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567080448
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Memory in Jewish, Pagan and Christian Societies of the Graeco-Roman World written by Doron Mendels and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-06-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ten studies in this book explore the phenomenon of public memory in societies of the Graeco-Roman period. Mendels begins with a concise discussion of the historical canon that emerged in Late Antiquity and brought with it the (distorted) memory of ancient history in Western culture. The following nine chapters each focus on a different source of collective memory in order to demonstrate the patchy and incomplete associations ancient societies had with their past, including discussions of Plato’s Politeia, a site of memory of the early church, and the dichotomy existing between the reality of the land of Israel in the Second Temple period and memories of it.Throughout the book, Mendels shows that since the societies of Antiquity had associations with only bits and pieces of their past, these associations could be slippery and problematic, constantly changing, multiplying and submerging. Memories, true and false, oral and inscribed, provide good evidence for this fluidity.

Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World

Author : Judith Lieu
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199262896
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Book Synopsis Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World by : Judith Lieu

Download or read book Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World written by Judith Lieu and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Lieu's study explores how a sense of being a Christian was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world. By exploring this theme she reveals what made early Christianity so distinctive and separate.

The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire

Author : Judith Lieu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135081883
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire by : Judith Lieu

Download or read book The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire written by Judith Lieu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the period of Roman domination there were communities of Jews, some still in Palestine, some dispersed in and around the Roman Empire; they had to face at first the world-wide power of the pagan Romans and later on the emergence of Christianity as an Empire-wide religion. How they coped with these dramatic changes and how they influenced the new forms of religious life that emerged in this period provide the main themes of The Jews Among Pagans and Christians. Essays by the leading scholars in the field together with the introduction by the editors, offer new approaches to understanding the role of Judaism and the pattern of religious interaction characteristic of the period.

Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World

Author : Jörg Frey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158383
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World by : Jörg Frey

Download or read book Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World written by Jörg Frey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses critical issues of the formation and development of Jewish identity in the late Second Temple period. How could Jewish identity be defined? What about the status of women and the image of 'others'? And what about its ongoing influence in early Christianity?

Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World

Author : Yair Furstenberg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004321691
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World by : Yair Furstenberg

Download or read book Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World written by Yair Furstenberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies in this volume examine the unique communal patterns among Jews and Christians within Roman civic culture and their diverse responses to shared challenges under Imperial rule.

Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook

Author : J. Paul Sampley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567657078
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook by : J. Paul Sampley

Download or read book Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook written by J. Paul Sampley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark handbook, written by distinguished Pauline scholars, and first published in 2003, remains the first and only work to offer lucid and insightful examinations of Paul and his world in such depth. Together the two volumes that constitute the handbook in its much revised form provide a comprehensive reference resource for new testament scholars looking to understand the classical world in which Paul lived and work. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular social convention, literary of rhetorical topos, social practice, or cultural mores of the world in which Paul and his audiences were at home. In addition, the sections use carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particularly features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perception of them. For the new edition all the contributions have been fully revised to take into account the last ten years of methodological change and the helpful chapter bibliographies fully updated. Wholly new chapters cover such issues as Paul and Memory, Paul's Economics, honor and shame in Paul's writings and the Greek novel.

Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 15

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725288494
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 15 by : Stanley E. Porter

Download or read book Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 15 written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 15 2019 This is the fifteenth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.jgrchj.net) since 2000. As they appear, the hard-copy editions replace the online materials. The scope of JGRChJ is the texts, language and cultures of the Greco-Roman world of early Christianity and Judaism. The papers published in JGRChJ are designed to pay special attention to the larger picture of politics, culture, religion and language, engaging as well with modern theoretical approaches.

Antiquity in Antiquity

Author : Gregg Gardner
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161494116
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Antiquity in Antiquity written by Gregg Gardner and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2008 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in early Christianity, Judaic studies, classics, history and archaeology explore the ways that memories were retrieved, reconstituted and put to use by Jews, Christians and their pagan neighbours in late antiquity, from the third century B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E.

Jewish Culture and Society Under the Christian Roman Empire

Author : Richard Lee Kalmin
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042911819
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (118 download)

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Book Synopsis Jewish Culture and Society Under the Christian Roman Empire by : Richard Lee Kalmin

Download or read book Jewish Culture and Society Under the Christian Roman Empire written by Richard Lee Kalmin and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the complexity, diversity, uniqueness and enduring significance of Jewish life in the Christian Roman Empire, from 312 to 634 C.E. During this period there occurred an unprecedented Jewish cultural explosion, encompassing the compilation and/or composition of such texts as the Palestinian Talmud, the main aggadic midrashim, an extensive magical/mystical literature, the revived apocalypse, a vast corpus of piyyutim and the beginnings of a practically oriented halakhic literature. Furthermore, this was the era of the florition of Jewish art, for it was only in the fourth century that a specifically Jewish iconographic language came into common use in the synagogues and catacombs, the archeological remains of almost all of which date from this period. This volume moves toward a synthesizing and contextualizing view of the Jewish cultural production of late antiquity, examining the interaction of Jews, Christians and pagans and with the emergence of new religious forms generated by such interaction.

Jews in a Graeco-Roman World

Author : Martin Goodman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198150784
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis Jews in a Graeco-Roman World by : Martin Goodman

Download or read book Jews in a Graeco-Roman World written by Martin Goodman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this book represent a unique integration of Jewish history and classics. They tackle from different angles the extent to which Jews in the Graeco-Roman period differed from other peoples in the Mediterranean region, and how much Jewish evidence can be used for the history of the wider classical world. The authors make extensive use not only of types of evidence familiar to classicists, such as inscriptions and the writings of Josephus, but also Jewish religious literature, including Rabbinic texts. The various studies demonstrate that, although Jews lived to some extent apart from others with distinctive customs, in many ways their history also highlights the cultural presuppositions and preoccupations of their non-Jewish contemporaries. The book aims to encourage wider use of the Jewish evidence by classicists and will be important for all students of the classical world.

Response to the Other

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725285754
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Response to the Other written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings seek meaning and purpose. To do so, we tell stories about the past, which we call history, and stories about what will occur in the future, constructed from memory and imagination. History is not a subject we study, but one we live. History is our medium, as water is to fish. No period of antiquity is more informative and influential for Western civilization than the Greco-Roman, the period from the time of Alexander the Great to the fall of the Roman Empire, an age that saw the emergence of Judaism and Christianity--twin traditions shaped against the background of pagan dominance. The meeting between Jew and Greek, Christian and pagan, revolutionized the ancient world. It represented a crucial moment in the history of Western society, when politics, economics, culture, and religion took a new turn. In time, these separate streams mingled and merged, forming the single and ever-widening current that gave birth to modernity. Moving against the stream of religious exclusivism, this book does not seek to further the cause of one particular religious perspective, but rather to gain insight on how ancient pagans, Jews, and Christians interacted with one another. This study advances contemporary attempts at dialogue and cooperation, enabling people of differing agendas to focus their energy on finding solutions to problems plaguing our planet. Response to the Other has much to offer specialists and non-specialists alike. This work can be used as a study guide, the questions at the end of each chapter suitable for individual or group use.

Christians in Caesar’s Household

Author : Michael Flexsenhar III
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271084073
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Christians in Caesar’s Household written by Michael Flexsenhar III and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freedpersons in the Roman Empire were essential to early Christians’ self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean and played a multifaceted role in the making of early Christianity. Scholarship in early Christianity has for centuries viewed Roman emperors’ slaves and freedmen as responsible for ushering Christianity onto the world stage, traditionally using Paul’s allusion to “the saints from Caesar’s household” in Philippians 4:22 as a core literary lens. Merging textual and material evidence with diaspora and memory studies, Flexsenhar expands on this narrative to explore new and more nuanced representations of this group, showing how the long-accepted stories of Christian slaves and freepersons in Caesar’s household should not be taken at face value but should instead be understood within the context of Christian myth- and meaning-making. Flexsenhar analyzes textual and material evidence from the first to the sixth century, spanning Roman Asia, the Aegean rim, Gaul, and the coast of North Africa as well as the imperial capital itself. As a result, this book shows how stories of the emperor’s slaves were integral to key developments in the spread of Christianity, generating origin myths in Rome and establishing a shared history and geography there, differentiating and negotiating assimilation with other groups, and expressing commemorative language, ritual acts, and a material culture. With its thoughtful critical readings of literary and material sources and its fresh analysis of the lived experiences of imperial slaves and freedpersons, Christians in Caesar’s Household is indispensable reading for scholars of early Christianity, the origins of religion, and the Roman Empire.

Jewish Apocalypticism in Late First Century Israel

Author : Matthias Henze
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161508592
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Apocalypticism in Late First Century Israel written by Matthias Henze and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2011 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch or Second Baruch is a Jewish work of the late first century C.E., written in Israel in the aftermath of the Jewish War against Rome. It is part of a larger body of post-70 C.E. Jewish literature. The authors of these works had a difficult charge. They needed to re/imagine Judaism and its central symbols, take count of a thriving Diaspora, and articulate how Jewish life was to be lived from then on, without the benefit of a temple. Written at a time of religious reconstruction and mental reorientation, Second Baruch occupies a unique place in the history of early Jewish thought. In this highly original work, the author of Second Baruch developed an apocalyptic program that was intended for post-70 C.E. Judaism at large and not for a small dissident community only. The program incorporates various theological strands, chief among them the Deuteronomic promise of a prosperous and long life for those keeping the Torah and the apocalyptic promise of a new heaven and a new earth.In this book, Matthias Henze offers a close reading of some of the central passages in Second Baruch, exposes its main themes, explains the apocalyptic program it advocates, draws some parallels with other texts, Jewish and Christian, and locates Second Baruch 's intellectual place in the rugged terrain of post-70 C.E. Jewish literature and thought. For modern readers interested in Judaism of the late Second Temple period, in the Jewish world from which early Christianity emerged, and in the origins of rabbinic Judaism, Second Baruch is an invaluable source.

The Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity

Author : Guy G. Stroumsa
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674545133
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis The Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity by : Guy G. Stroumsa

Download or read book The Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity written by Guy G. Stroumsa and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps more than any other cause, the passage of texts from scroll to codex in late antiquity converted the Roman Empire from paganism to Christianity and enabled the worldwide spread of Christian faith. Guy Stroumsa describes how canonical scripture was established and how its interpretation replaced blood sacrifice in religious ritual.

Interpreting the Parables

Author : Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830839674
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Interpreting the Parables written by Craig L. Blomberg and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Blomberg surveys the contemporary critical approaches to the parables--including those that have emerged in the twenty years since the first edition. This widely used text has taken a minority perspective and made it mainstream, with Blomberg ably defending a limited allegorical approach and offering brief interpretations of all the major parables.

Historical and Religious Memory in the Ancient World

Author : Beate Dignas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191612421
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical and Religious Memory in the Ancient World by : Beate Dignas

Download or read book Historical and Religious Memory in the Ancient World written by Beate Dignas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical and Religious Memory in the Ancient World examines how religious and historical memory was fashioned, distorted, preserved, or erased in ancient societies - and what wide-ranging effects these actions had on the historical process. The volume is interested in how memory intersects with and shapes religious traditions and cultural identities. Its twelve case studies explore different aspects of the memory layers that make up ancient history (social, religious, cultural), and looks at how these layers are represented and refracted in different contexts of the written and material remains of antiquity. The process has its beginnings in the dim pasts of ancient communities, and continues in the later Greek and Roman periods where our most articulate ancient evidence lies. It is a process that continues, in a different way, in contemporary scholarship which draws on selected evidence and a variety of contrasting representations. The three parts of the book vary the lens through which the impact of religious and cultural memory can be grasped. Part I looks at the commemoration of religious tradition in the context of cultural interaction - Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian. Part II focuses on how religious identities are defined and how homogenous-looking cultures engage in elaborate selective dialogue with their own past. In Part III, contested versions of the past are interpreted in studies of Roman historiography and of religiously motivated behaviour in late antique Asia Minor. This interdisciplinary book highlights and celebrates the work of Simon Price, an important thinker and pioneer in this kind of wider historical research in ancient cultures and religions.

Memory in the Bible and Antiquity

Author : Stephen C. Barton
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161492518
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Memory in the Bible and Antiquity written by Stephen C. Barton and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2007 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume brings together essays that explore the topic of memory and remembrance in the ancient world, taking into account the Hebrew Bible, ancient Judaism, the classical world, the New Testament and Early Christianity . The essays, which focus on a wide range of sources from antiquity, open up new questions about the social and religious function of memory. As a collection, they demonstrate how much social memory theory can contribute to the understanding of the ways ancient texts were, on the one hand, shaped by conventions of memory and, on the other hand, participated in and contributed to evolving strategies for reading 'the past'.Contributors:Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Stephen C. Barton, Benjamin G. Wold, Joachim Schaper, Erhard Blum, Hermann Lichtenberger, William Horbury, John M.G. Barclay, Doron Mendels, Anthony Le Donne, James D.G. Dunn, Martin Hengel, Ulrike Mittmann-Richert, Anna Maria Schwemer, Hans-Joachim Eckstein, Markus Bockmuehl