Scribal Practices and Social Structures Among Jesus Adherents: Essays in Honour of John S. Kloppenborg (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, Band 285) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042933917 ISBN 13: 9789042933910

Verlag: Peeters Publishers, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Building on the influential efforts of John S. Kloppenborg to integrate our understanding of Christian origins more closely and carefully within its cultural matrix, this volume explores two main phenomena of Hellenistic and Roman antiquity: scribes and scribalism, on the one hand, and voluntary associations, especially as evidenced in honorific and other inscriptions, on the other. In part one, nineteen essays by both established and younger scholars explore ancient scribalism, bureaucracy, literacy, and book production, with a view to drawing innovative new conclusions about a range of ancient Christian writings, including the gospels, Q, the Gospel of Thomas and other Nag Hammadi writings, the Letter of James, and apocalyptic literature, as well as insights into the synoptic problem and memory theory. Part two offers nine articles drawing on papyrological and epigraphic evidence to illuminate group behaviors and the concrete dynamics of smaller social bodies in the Hellenistic and Roman world, with several of the papers explicitly applying this analysis to the ekklesiai established by Paul. The essays in this section contribute to a more detailed understanding of ancient voluntary associations, and along with them, a richer picture of ancient values, economics, politics, and clothing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Peeters Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9042933917
• ISBN 13: 9789042933910
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 654
• Herausgeber: Arnal William E., Ascough Richard S., Derrenbacker Robert A. Jr., Harland Philip A.
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