The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians by Barclay, John M. G.

The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780567695994)

Author: John M. G. Barclay
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The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians by Barclay, John M. G.

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

$130.00
The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians by Barclay, John M. G.

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

$130.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: John M. G. Barclay
ISBN-10: 0567695999
ISBN-13: 9780567695994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
By John M. G. Barclay
By John M. G. Barclay
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John M.G. Barclay is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, UK.

Kylie Crabbe is Senior Research Fellow in biblical and early Christian studies at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia.

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