Hellenization Revisited

Author : Institute for Christian Studies
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,8 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 : Louis H. Feldman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004149069

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Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered by Louis H. Feldman Pdf

Presents a collection of 26 articles, with an introduction on "The Influence of Hellenism on Jews in Palestine in the Hellenistic Period.".

Author : Lamin Sanneh,Michael McClymond
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118556047

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity by Lamin Sanneh,Michael McClymond Pdf

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity presents a collection of essays that explore a range of topics relating to the rise, spread, and influence of Christianity throughout the world. Features contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world Addresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia Covers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity, including women, worship, sacraments, music, visual arts, architecture, and many more Explores the development of Christian traditions over the past two centuries across several continents and the rise in secularization

Author : M. David Litwa
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451473032

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Iesus Deus by M. David Litwa Pdf

What does it mean for Jesus to be deified in early Christian literature? Early Christians did not simply assert Jesus divinity; in their literature, they depicted Jesus with the specific and widely recognized traits of Mediterranean deities.Relying on the methods of the history of religions and ranging judiciously across Hellenistic literature, M. David Litwa shows that at each stage in their depiction of Jesus life and ministry, early Christian writings from the beginning relied on categories drawn not from Judaism alone, but on a wide, pan-Mediterranean understanding of deity.

Author : Daniel J. Treier,Walter A. Elwell
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410774

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Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Daniel J. Treier,Walter A. Elwell Pdf

This bestselling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics. Readable and reliable, this work features new articles on topics of contemporary relevance to world Christianity and freshened articles on enduring theological subjects, providing comprehensive A-Z coverage for today's theology students. The author base reflects the increasing diversity of evangelical scholars. Advisory editors include D. Jeffrey Bingham, Cheryl Bridges Johns, John G. Stackhouse Jr., Tite Tiénou, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer.

Author : Wendy Elgersma Helleman,Musa A. B. Gaiya
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783685691

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Early Christianity by Wendy Elgersma Helleman,Musa A. B. Gaiya Pdf

Designed as an undergraduate textbook, and shaped by needs of both Muslim and Christian students across Africa, this resource provides a thorough introduction to the history, theology and teaching of early Christianity. Professors Helleman and Gaiya follow Christianity from its inception in Jerusalem through to the decline of the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean and the development of Orthodox churches in the East and in Africa before the arrival of Islam. The book provides an overview of critical historical events, controversies, teaching, and important individuals and movements providing foundational understanding of early developments in Christianity and the general history of antiquity. Students and lecturers will also appreciate the attention given to the role of North African leaders in early Christianity and the impact of major issues on the North African church, such as Gnosticism, Donatism and Arianism. Additional Features: • Introduction to online tools & resources •Survey of the study of early Christianity • Introduction to key historians • Evaluation of recent literature & early Christianity

Author : Lewis Ayres
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191525001

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Nicaea and its Legacy by Lewis Ayres Pdf

The first part of Nicaea and its Legacy offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one `Arian' theology, so we cannot speak of one `Nicene' theology either, in 325 or in 381. The second part of the book offers an account of the theological practices and assumptions within which pro-Nicene theologians assumed their short formulae and creeds were to be understood. Ayres also argues that there is no fundamental division between eastern and western trinitarian theologies at the end of the fourth century. The last section of the book challenges modern post-Hegelian trinitarian theology to engage with Nicaea more deeply.

Author : Dongbin Choi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567695451

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The Use and Function of Scripture in 1 Maccabees by Dongbin Choi Pdf

Dongbin Choi offers a philological and thematic analysis on the scriptural language in the book of 1 Maccabees, a text that is written with a linguistic technique that utilizes earlier Jewish texts in order to promote the religiopolitical agendas of its author. Choi engages in the dialogue between the traditional view that treats 1 Maccabees as a religious writing, and the radical view that considers it as political propaganda. Choi suggests that the author of 1 Maccabees deploys scriptural language in such a nuanced way that he both promotes the legitimacy of the Hasmonean rule in Judea under John Hyrcanus I, and shows his appreciation of conservative Jewish sensitivity toward their traditions relating to Deuteronomic covenant, biblical judges, and Jewish messianism. By discussing past scholarly literature on the use and function of Scripture in 1 Maccabees, analyzing various literary, political, and cultural aspects that influenced the creation of the text, and finally exploring philological and conceptual parallels between Scripture and 1 Maccabees and the use of Scripture in the eulogies of the Hasmoneans, Choi has created a singular reinterpretation of both text and author.

Author : Adrian Pabst
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780802864512

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Metaphysics by Adrian Pabst Pdf

"This book does nothing less than to set new standards in combining philosophical with political theology. Pabst s argument about rationality has the potential to change debates in philosophy, politics, and religion." (from the foreword) This comprehensive and detailed study of individuation reveals the theological nature of metaphysics. Adrian Pabst argues that ancient and modern conceptions of "being" or individual substance fail to account for the ontological relations that bind beings to each other and to God, their source. On the basis of a genealogical account of rival theories of creation and individuation from Plato to postmodernism, Pabst proposes that the Christian Neo-Platonic fusion of biblical revelation with Greco-Roman philosophy fulfills and surpasses all other ontologies and conceptions of individuality.

Author : Gerard P. Luttikhuizen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004145108

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Gnostic Revisions of Genesis Stories And Early Jesus Traditions by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen Pdf

The book examines the critical use of biblical and early Christian traditions in such Christian-Gnostic texts as the Apocryphon of John, The Nature of the Archons, The Apocalypse of Adam, The Testimony of Truth, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Letter of Peter to Philip, and the apocryphal Acts of John.

Author : Leo G. Perdue
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664229191

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Wisdom Literature by Leo G. Perdue Pdf

The Old Testament's wisdom literature offers one of the most intriguing collections of biblical books (Proverbs, Job, the Psalms about Torah and wisdom, Ecclesiastes, Qoheleth, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon). In this magisterial textbook, preeminent wisdom scholar Leo G. Perdue sets each book of wisdom in its historical context, examining the conditions that produced the book and shaped its thinking. This allows him to show how wisdom thought changed over time in response to shifting historical and social conditions. In addition to analyzing the historical setting of wisdom, Perdue discerns the theological themes and theological developments within this rich literature.

Author : Erich S. Gruen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110387193

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The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism by Erich S. Gruen Pdf

This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively on the literature and history of early Judaism and the experience of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world. His many articles on this subject have, however, appeared mostly in conference volumes and Festschriften, and have therefore not had wide circulation. By putting them together in a single work, this will bring the essays to the attention of a much broader scholarly readership and make them more readily available to students in the fields of ancient history and early Judaism. The pieces are quite varied, but develop a number of connected and related themes: Jewish identity in the pagan world, the literary representations by Jews and pagans of one another, the interconnections of Hellenism and Judaism, and the Jewish experience under Hellenistic monarchies and the Roman empire.

Author : Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0521812399

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Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine by Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie Pdf

Author : Allan Wright
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781622733569

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Better to Reign in Hell, Than Serve In Heaven by Allan Wright Pdf

In this monograph, the author argues that Satan was not perceived as a universal malevolent deity, the embodiment of evil, or the “ruler of Pandemonium” within first century Christian literature or even within second and third century Christian discourses as some scholars have insisted. Instead, for early “Christian” authors, Satan represented a pejorative term used to describe terrestrial, tangible, and concrete social realities, perceived of as adversaries. To reach this conclusion, I explore the narrative character of Satan selectively within the Hebrew Bible, intertestamental literature, Mark, Matthew, Luke, Q, the Book of Revelation, the Nag Hammadi texts, and the Ante-Nicene fathers. He argues that certain scholars’ such as Jeffrey Burton Russell, Miguel A. De La Torre, Albert Hernandez, Peter Stanford, Paul Carus, and Gerd Theissen, homogenized reconstructions of the “New Testament Satan” as the universalized incarnation of evil and that God’s absolute cosmic enemy is absent from early Christian orthodox literature, such as Mark, Matthew, Luke, Q, the Book of Revelation, and certain writings from the Ante-Nicene Fathers. Using Jonathan Z. Smith’s essay Here, There, and Anywhere, the author suggests that the cosmic dualist approach to Satan as God’s absolute cosmic enemy resulted from the changing social topography of the early fourth century where Christian “insider” and “outsider” adversaries were diminishing. With these threats fading, early Christians universalized a perceived chaotic cosmic enemy, namely Satan, being influenced by the Gnostic demiurge, who disrupts God’s terrestrial and cosmic order. Therefore, Satan transitioned from a “here,” “insider,” and “there,” “outsider,” threat to a universal “anywhere” threat. This study could be employed as a characterization study, New Testament theory and application for classroom references or research purposes.

Author : David T. Runia,Helena Maria Keizer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004116826

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Philo of Alexandria by David T. Runia,Helena Maria Keizer Pdf

This volume is a continuation of "Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography" 1937-1986, published by Roberto Radice and David Runia in 1988 (second edition 1992). Prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, it contains a complete listing of all scholarly writings on Philo in all languages for the period 1987 to 1996. Part One lists texts, translations, commentaries etc. (75 items). Part Two contains critical studies (880 items). In part Three additional works for the years 1937-1986 are presented (170 items). In all cases a brief description of the contents of the contribution is given. Seven indices, including a detailed Index of subjects, complete the work.