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Redescribing Christian Origins:
Contributor(s): Miller, M. P. (Editor), Cameron, Ron (Editor), Miller, Merrill (Editor)
ISBN: 9004130640     ISBN-13: 9789004130647
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $294.50  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2005
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Annotation: Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - History
- Architecture | Interior Design - General
Dewey: 270.1
LCCN: 2004004671
Series: Sbl - Symposium Sbl - Symposium
Physical Information: 1.58" H x 6.58" W x 9.7" (2.47 lbs) 540 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:
In this collection of provocative and ambitious essays, participants in the SBL's Seminar on Ancient Myths and Modern Theories of Christian Origins challenge traditional paradigms and reimagine the beginnings of Christian religion. Rather than assume that the gospel story has its foundation in the historical Jesus, a human encounter with transcendence, or the dramatic religious experience of individuals, contributors make use of social anthropology and propose that the beginnings of Christianity can be understood as reflexive social experiments. The first of three proposed volumes that launch a new and genuinely critical discourse about the history of early Christianities. Contributors include William E. Arnal, Willi Braun, Ron Cameron, Barry S. Crawford, Arthur J. Dewey, Burton L. Mack, Luther H. Martin, Christopher R. Matthews, Merrill P. Miller, Dennis E. Smith, Jonathan Z. Smith, and Stanley K. Stowers. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)