Christian Origins And Hellenistic Judaism

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Andrew Pitts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004236394

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Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism by Stanley E. Porter,Andrew Pitts Pdf

In Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism, Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructing the social matrix for earliest Christianity through reference to Hellenistic Judaism and its literary forms. Each essay moves forward the current understanding of how primitive Christianity situated itself in relation to evolving Greco-Roman Jewish culture. Some essays focus on configuring the social context for the origins of the Jesus movement and beyond, while others assess the literary relation between early Christian and Hellenistic Jewish texts.

Author : Martin Hengel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725200791

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The 'Hellenization' of Judea in the First Century after Christ by Martin Hengel Pdf

This short but highly significant study is the first real sequel to Professor Martin Hengel's classic and monumental work 'Judaism and Hellenism'. It demonstrates from a wealth of evidence, much of it made readily available here for the first time, that in the New Testament period Hellenization was so widespread in Palestine that the usual distinction between Hellenistic Judaism and Palestinian Judaism is not a valid one and that the word Hellenistic and related terms are so vague as to be meaningless. The consequences of this for New Testament study are, of course, considerable.

Author : William David Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : UCSC:32106000165875

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Christian Origins and Judaism by William David Davies Pdf

Author : Todd Penner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567049704

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In Praise of Christian Origins by Todd Penner Pdf

Almost all scholars look to Acts 6:1-8:3 as providing the bedrock of early Christian tradition. The incident between the Hebrews and the Hellenists are understood to reflect real historical and theological problems in the early Jerusalem community, demonstrating the Hellenist role as a historical bridge between Jesus and Paul. Penner's study challenges the fundamental assumptions of this approach. Penner emphasizes the rhetorical and moral dimensions of ancient historiographical theory, especially the centrality of narrative and plot, the use of vivid description, the application of comparison using various type-scenes, and the role of speeches in terms of characterization and the presentation of narrative style. Todd Penner is the Assistant Professor of Religion at Austin College and the co-editor with Caroline Vander Stichele of Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse.

Author : Institute for Christian Studies
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0819195448

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Hellenization Revisited by Institute for Christian Studies Pdf

This volume focuses on the role of Judaism, particularly that of Philo, and of Gnosticism, as two important forces shaping the response of early Christianity to the Hellenistic Greco-Roman culture of its time. The sections which examine Hellenistic Judaism investigate themes from Greek philosophy, like 'reason controlling the passions, ' which are also crucial in shaping Philo's perception of the feminine. The manner in which Jewish authors of this period attempt to synthesize Old Testament with Greek philosophical themes like creation/cosmology receives specific treatment. Essays dealing with Gnosticism re-examine themes from Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle in Gnostic documents, but also look at the role of Hellenistic Judaism with its interests in Sophia. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies

Author : Christopher Rowland
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015013400208

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Christian Origins by Christopher Rowland Pdf

Author : George W. E. Nickelsburg
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145140848X

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Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins by George W. E. Nickelsburg Pdf

In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus' life and the rise of the early church. Since the 1950s, however, a dramatic shift has occurred in the study of Judaism, driven by new manuscript and archaeological discoveries and new methods and tools for analyzing sources. George Nickelsburg here provides a broad and synthesizing picture of the results of the past fifty years of scholarship on early Judaism and Christianity. He organizes his discussion around a number of traditional topics: scripture and tradition, Torah and the righteous life, God's activity on humanity's behalf, agents of God's activity, eschatology, historical circumstances, and social settings. Each of the chapters discusses the findings of contemporary research on early Judaism, and then sketches the implications of this research for a possible reinter-pretation of Christianity. Still, in the author's view, there remains a major Jewish-Christian agenda yet to be developed and implemented.

Author : Adolf Deissmann
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592444656

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Bible Studies by Adolf Deissmann Pdf

These seminal essays investigate material from papyri and inscriptions in order to gain insight regarding the language and literature of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Included in the essays is Deissmann's famous distinction between letters and epistles. Additionally, the collection includes his attack on the notion that biblical Greek was a sacred language. Deissmann shows, convincingly, that biblical Greek is vernacular Greek.

Author : Pieter Willem van der Horst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Bible
ISBN : UIUC:30112001161170

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Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity by Pieter Willem van der Horst Pdf

Author : Ronald Cox,Ronald R. Cox
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 3110193426

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By the Same Word by Ronald Cox,Ronald R. Cox Pdf

This study compares writings from Second Temple Judaism, the New Testament and Gnosticism that adopt the Middle Platonic tri-partite view of reality, with its transcendent One, its cosmologically active intermediary, and its material realm, in their efforts to explain the relationship between the Deity and the physical cosmos. The study shows that these Jewish, Christian and Gnostic writings take up this intermediary doctrine to different ends, reflecting their distinctive views about creation and humanity's place therein.

Author : Peder Borgen
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567620798

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Early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism by Peder Borgen Pdf

These studies break new ground in the exploration of early Christianity and Judaism towards the end of the Second Temple period.Professor Borgen introduces fresh perspectives on many central issues in the complexity of Judaism both within Palestine and in the Diaspora. He also examines the variety of tendencies which existed within Christianity as it emerged within Judaism and spread out into other nations.An invaluable study for all scholars, teachers and students of the New Testament in general and of Judaica, Classics and Hellenism

Author : John Joseph Collins,Gregory E. Sterling
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015051286642

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Hellenism in the Land of Israel by John Joseph Collins,Gregory E. Sterling Pdf

This book is a collection of essays that explore the variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture. In various ways the contributors provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt on into the rabbinic period. At the same time, they probe the limits of that influence, the persistence of Semitic languages and thought patterns, and especially the exclusiveness of Jewish religion.

Author : Patrick Gray,Gail R. O'Day
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004167476

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Scripture and Traditions by Patrick Gray,Gail R. O'Day Pdf

This volume contains twenty-two essays in honor of Carl R. Holladay, whose work on the interaction between early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism has had a considerable impact on the study of the New Testament. The essays are grouped into three sections: Hellenistic Judaism; the New Testament in Context; and the History of Interpretation. Among the contributions are essays dealing with conversion in Greek-speaking Judaism and Christianity; 3 Maccabees as a narrative satire; retribution theology in Luke-Acts; church discipline in Matthew; the Exodus and comparative chronology in Jewish and patristic writings; corporal punishment in ancient Israel and early Christianity; and Die Judenfrage and the construction of ancient Judaism.

Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0815310668

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Early Christianity and Judaism by Everett Ferguson Pdf

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Louis H. Feldman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004332836

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Studies in Hellenistic Judaism by Louis H. Feldman Pdf

This volume consists of 23 essays that have appeared in 19 different journals and other publications during a period of over 40 years, together with an introduction. The essays deal primarily with the relations between Jews and non-Jews during the period from Alexander the Great to the end of the Roman Empire, in five areas: Josephus; Judaism and Christianity; Latin literature and the Jews; the Romans in Rabbinic literature; and other studies in Hellenistic Judaism. The topics include a programmatic essay comparing Hebraism and Hellenism, pro-Jewish intimations in Apion and in Tacitus, the influence of Josephus on Cotton Mather, Philo's view on music, the relationship between pagan and Christian anti-Semitism, observations on rabbinic reaction to Roman rule, and new light from inscriptions and papyri on Diaspora synagogues.