{"product_id":"heresy-forgery-novelty-jonathan-klawans-9780190062507","title":"Heresy, Forgery, Novelty","description":"It is commonly asserted that heresy is a Christian invention that emerged in late antiquity as Christianity distinguished itself from Judaism. \u003cem\u003eHeresy, Forgery, Novelty\u003c\/em\u003e probes ancient Jewish disputes regarding religious innovation and argues that Christianity's heresiological impulse is in fact indebted to Jewish precedents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Jonathan Klawans demonstrates that ancient Jewish literature displays a profound unease regarding religious innovation. The historian Josephus condemned religious innovation outright, and later rabbis valorize the antiquity of their traditions. The Dead Sea sectarians spoke occasionally-and perhaps secretly-of a \"new covenant,\" but more frequently masked newer ideas in rhetorics of renewal or recovery. Other ancient Jews engaged in pseudepigraphy-the false attribution of recent works to prophets of old. The flourishing of such religious forgeries further underscores the dangers associated with religious innovation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Christianity emerged, the discourse surrounding religious novelty shifted dramatically. On the one hand, Christians came to believe that Jesus had inaugurated a \"new covenant,\" replacing what came prior. On the other hand, Christian writers followed their Jewish predecessors in condemning heretics as dangerous innovators, and concealing new works in pseudepigraphic garb. In its open, unabashed embrace of new things, Christianity parts from Judaism. Christianity's heresiological condemnation of novelty, however, displays continuity with prior Jewish traditions. \u003cem\u003eHeresy, Forgery, Novelty\u003c\/em\u003e reconsiders and offers a new interpretation of the dynamics of the split between Judaism and Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Klawans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190062509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190062507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Jonathan Klawans","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946235953407,"sku":"9780190062507","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_16ee9a70-154e-468f-8f3d-93eb84494068.jpg?v=1681512156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heresy-forgery-novelty-jonathan-klawans-9780190062507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}