The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians Contributor(s): Barclay, John M. G. (Editor), Crabbe, Kylie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567695999 ISBN-13: 9780567695994 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - Religion | Christianity - History |
Dewey: 270.2 |
LCCN: 2021009051 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The contributors to this volume take as their theme the reception of Jewish traditions in early Christianity, and the ways in which the meaning of these traditions changed as they were put to work in new contexts and for new social ends. Special emphasis is placed on the internal variety and malleability of these traditions, which underwent continual processes of change within Judaism, and on reception as an active, strategic, and interested process. All the essays in this volume seek to bring out how acts of reception contribute to the social formation of early Christianity, in its social imagination (its speech and thought about itself) or in its social practices, or both. This volume challenges static notions of tradition and passive ideas of 'reception', stressing creativity and the significance of 'strong' readings of tradition. It thus complicates standard narratives of 'the parting of the ways' between 'Christianity' and 'Judaism', showing how even claims to continuity were bound to make the same different. |