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The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians

by John M. G. Barclay, Kylie Crabbe

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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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.

The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians and The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus
The Next Quest for the Historical JesusThe Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians

  • Authors

    John M. G. Barclay +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    March 2023

  • Weight

    386g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567702722

  • ISBN-10

    0567702723

  • Eden Code

    5679362

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