Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism
Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism

Author: Bruce Chilton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-22

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1134689683

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Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner study the points of comparisons and contrast between formative Christianity and Judaism. By identifying three categories of authority in each of the two religious worlds, they show how they have both worked in compelling or failing to get someone to do a given action. The arguments are introduced by a general discussion of the founding figures of the two religions, Moses and Jesus, and how their inherent authority distilled itself through the structure of their religious institutions and intellectual thoughts.

Jewish and Christian Doctrines
Jewish and Christian Doctrines

Author: Bruce Chilton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-22

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1134689535

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Jewish and Christian Doctrines presents a concise and lucid introduction to the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. The authors explore key documents ofJudaism and Christianity to elucidate and illuminate the doctrinal issues which the documents raise and to examine the similarities and differences between the two faiths.

Before There Was a Bible
Before There Was a Bible

Author: Lee Martin McDonald

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-01-26

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0567705803

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How did authority function before the bible as we know it emerged? Lee Martin McDonald examines the authorities that existed from the Church's beginning: the appeal to the texts containing the words of Jesus, and that would become the New Testament, the not yet finalized Hebrew Scriptures (referred to mostly in Greek) and the apostolic leadership of the churches. McDonald traces several sacred core traditions that broadly identified the essence of Christianity before there was a bible summarized in early creeds, hymns and spiritual songs, baptismal and Eucharistic affirmations, and in lectionaries and catalogues from the fourth century and following. McDonald shows how those traditions were included in the early Christian writings later recognized as the New Testament. He also shows how Christians were never fully agreed on the scope of their Old Testament canon (Hebrew scriptures) and that it took centuries before there was universal acceptance of all of the books now included in the Christian bible. Further, McDonald shows that whilst writings such as the canonical gospels were read as authoritative texts likely from their beginning, they were not yet called or cited as scripture. What was cited in an authoritative manner were the words of Jesus in those texts, alongside the multiple affirmations and creeds that were circulated in the early Church and formed its key authorities and core sacred traditions.

A Portable God
A Portable God

Author: Risa Levitt Kohn

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780742544659

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Many Christians and Jews believe that their faiths developed independently from each other, and that their religions are distinct, even antagonistic towards each other. A Portable God dramatically departs from the idea that the birth of Judaism and Christianity are two separate, unrelated events. Judaism and Christianity's origins are not seen as following a linear, chronological process that places the Israelites in the beginning, followed by the Jews, and finally the Christians. On the contrary, A Portable God shows that both Judaism and Christianity emerge from the same religious tradition--that of ancient Israel--at the same time. By telling the common story of Jewish and Christian origins, A Portable God shows Jews and Christians as siblings, rather than as parent and child, showing that the similarities between Judaism and Christianity far outweigh their differences, ultimately fostering appreciation for the shared heritage of Judaism and Christianity.

Iesus Deus
Iesus Deus

Author: M. David Litwa

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1451473036

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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.

Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity
Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity

Author: Ismo Dunderberg

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-04-09

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9004268219

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This collection of essays in honour of Heikki Räisänen, New Testament professor at the University of Helsinki, consists of 22 essays written by his colleagues and students on Jesus, the gospels, Paul, early Christianity, and biblical interpretation. Räisänen's own research has been characterized by methodological awareness combined with a keen interest in ethical issues. Both these aspects come to expression in his insistence on "fair play" as a correct scholarly attitude involving an honest dialogue, a real encounter, and a recognition of diverging opinions. In this spirit, most of the essays in this book lay emphasis on issues related to early Christian diversity and conflicts, and to their challenge in modern society. The book is useful for scholars, academic teachers and students interested in various aspects of the New Testament, early Christianity, and hermeneutics.

Receptions of Paul in Early Christianity
Receptions of Paul in Early Christianity

Author: Jens Schröter

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-10-22

Total Pages: 951

ISBN-13: 3110533723

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The volume deals with interpretations of Paul, his person and his letters, in various early Christian writings. Some of those, written in the name of Paul, became part of the New Testament, others are included among „Ancient Christian Apocrypha", still others belong to the collection called „The Apostolic Fathers". Impacts of Paul are also discernible in early collections of his letters which became an important part of the New Testament canon. This process, resulting in the „canonical Paul", is also considered in this collection.

The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality
The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality

Author: Benjamin H. Dunning

Publisher: Oxford Handbooks

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 733

ISBN-13: 0190213396

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The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in the New Testament provides a roadmap to the relevant problems, debates, and issues that animate the study of sex, gender, sexuality, and sexual difference in early Christianity. Leading scholars in the field offer original contributions by way of synthesis, critical interrogation, and proposals for future research trajectories.

Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos
Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos

Author: Lawrence Fine

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780804748261

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Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is one of the most extraordinary and influential mystical figures in the history of Judaism, a visionary teacher who helped shape the course of nearly all subsequent Jewish mysticism. Given his importance, it is remarkable that this is the first scholarly work on him in English. Most studies of Lurianic Kabbalah focus on Luria’s mythic and speculative ideas or on the ritual and contemplative practices he taught. The central premise of this book is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus the book focuses on Luria the person and on his relationship to his disciples. What attracted Luria’s students to him? How did they react to his inspired and charismatic behavior? And what roles did Luria and his students see themselves playing in their collective quest for repair of the cosmos and messianic redemption?

Law, Liberty and Church
Law, Liberty and Church

Author: Gordon Arthur

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0754682528

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Law, Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. Examining what has influenced their development, and how the patterns of authority that exist today have evolved, Gordon Arthur explores the contributions of Scripture, Roman Legal Theory, and Greek Philosophy.