The Firstborn Son In Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download The Firstborn Son In Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Firstborn Son In Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Firstborn Son In Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Kyu Seop Kim
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-01-28
The Firstborn Son In Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity written by Kyu Seop Kim and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-28 with Religion categories.
This book offers a study of the meaning of the firstborn son in the New Testament paying specific attention to the concept of primogeniture in the Old Testament and Jewish literature.
Son Of God
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Garrick V. Allen
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2019-02-08
Son Of God written by Garrick V. Allen and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-08 with Religion categories.
In antiquity, “son of god”—meaning a ruler designated by the gods to carry out their will—was a title used by the Roman emperor Augustus and his successors as a way to reinforce their divinely appointed status. But this title was also used by early Christians to speak about Jesus, borrowing the idiom from Israelite and early Jewish discourses on monarchy. This interdisciplinary volume explores what it means to be God’s son(s) in ancient Jewish and early Christian literature. Through close readings of relevant texts from multiple ancient corpora, including the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman texts and inscriptions, early Christian and Islamic texts, and apocalyptic literature, the chapters in this volume engage a range of issues including messianism, deification, eschatological figures, Jesus, interreligious polemics, and the Roman and Jewish backgrounds of early Christianity and the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The essays in this collection demonstrate that divine sonship is an ideal prism through which to better understand the deep interrelationship of ancient religions and their politics of kingship and divinity. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Richard Bauckham, Max Botner, George J. Brooke, Jan Joosten, Menahem Kister, Reinhard Kratz, Mateusz Kusio, Michael A. Lyons, Matthew V. Novenson, Michael Peppard, Sarah Whittle, and N. T. Wright.
Rebecca S Children
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Alan F. Segal
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1989-03-15
Rebecca S Children written by Alan F. Segal and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-15 with Religion categories.
Renowned scholar Alan F. Segal offers startlingly new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social, cultural, and ideological context, as well as the same minority status, in the first century of the common era. Through skillful application of social science theories to ancient Western thought, including Judaism, Hellenism, early Christianity, and a host of other sectarian beliefs, Segal reinterprets some of the most important events of Jewish and Christian life in the Roman world. For example, he finds: — That the concept of myth, as it related to covenant, was a central force of Jewish life. The Torah was the embodiment of covenant both for Jews living in exile and for the Jewish community in Israel. — That the Torah legitimated all native institutions at the time of Jesus, even though the Temple, Sanhedrin, and Synagogue, as well as the concepts of messiah and resurrection, were profoundly affected by Hellenism. Both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity necessarily relied on the Torah to authenticate their claim on Jewish life. — That the unique cohesion of early Christianity, assuring its phenomenal success in the Hellenistic world, was assisted by the Jewish practices of apocalypticism, conversion, and rejection of civic ritual. — That the concept of acculturation clarifies the Maccabean revolt, the rise of Christianity, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism. — That contemporary models of revolution point to the place of Jesus as a radical. — That early rabbinism grew out of the attempts of middle-class Pharisees to reach a higher sacred status in Judea while at the same time maintaining their cohesion through ritual purity. — That the dispute between Judaism and Christianity reflects a class conflict over the meaning of covenant. The rising turmoil between Jews and Christians affected the development of both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, as each tried to preserve the partly destroyed culture of Judea by becoming a religion. Both attempted to take the best of Judean and Hellenistic society without giving up the essential aspects of Israelite life. Both spiritualized old national symbols of the covenant and practices that consolidated power after the disastrous wars with Rome. The separation between Judaism and Christianity, sealed in magic, monotheism, law, and universalism, fractured what remained of the shared symbolic life of Judea, leaving Judaism and Christianity to fulfill the biblical demands of their god in entirely different ways.
The True Israel
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Graham Harvey
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2001
The True Israel written by Graham Harvey and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.
This study of the use of the names 'Jew', 'Hebrew' and 'Israel' in ancient Jewish and early Christian literature - especially the Bible, Philo, Josephus, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Mishnah - defines the nature of Israel and Judaism in Antiquity. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
Interpretations Of The Name Israel In Ancient Judaism And Some Early Christian Writings
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : C. T. R. Hayward
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2005-05-19
Interpretations Of The Name Israel In Ancient Judaism And Some Early Christian Writings written by C. T. R. Hayward and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-19 with Religion categories.
Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. This is a critical study of ancient exegesis of the title `Israel' and the meanings attributed to it among Jews down to Talmudic times, along with some early Christian materials. C. T. R. Hayward explores ancient etymologies of `Israel', and the utilization of these very varied explanations of the name in sustained works of exegesis like Jubilees; the writings of Ben Sira, Philo, and Josephus; and selected Rabbinic texts including Aramaic Targumim. He also examines translational works like the Septuagint, to illuminate those writings' sense of what it meant to be a Jew.
Contesting Conversion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Matthew Thiessen
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2011-08-11
Contesting Conversion written by Matthew Thiessen and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-11 with Bibles categories.
Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose.Beginning with analysis of the Hebrew Bible, Thiessen argues that there is no evidence that circumcision was considered to be a rite of conversion to Israelite religion. In fact, circumcision, particularly the infant circumcision practiced within Israelite and early Jewish society, excluded from the covenant those not properly descended from Abraham. In the Second Temple period, many Jews began to subscribe to a definition of Jewishness that enabled Gentiles to become Jews. Other Jews, such as the author of Jubilees, found this definition problematic, reasserting a strictly genealogical conception of Jewish identity. As a result, some Gentiles who underwent conversion to Judaism in this period faced criticism because of their suspect genealogy.Thiessen's examination of the way in which Jews in the Second Temple period perceived circumcision and conversion allows a deeper understanding of early Christianity. Contesting Conversion shows that careful attention to a definition of Jewishness that was based on genealogical descent has crucial implications for understanding the variegated nature of early Christian mission to the Gentiles in the first century C.E.
Early Christian Thought In Its Jewish Context
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : John M. G. Barclay
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-06-28
Early Christian Thought In Its Jewish Context written by John M. G. Barclay and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-28 with Bibles categories.
Examines the continuity between early Christianity and Judaism - the focus of much controversy.
For A Later Generation
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Randal A. Argall
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 2000
For A Later Generation written by Randal A. Argall and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
Twenty-seven scholars gather to honor George Nickelsburg in this collection of essays that uses his methods to examine the reuse or reinterpretation of authoritative tradition in early Judaism and Christianity.
My Sons Are Jewish
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Paula Clayman
language : en
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Release Date : 2011-10-01
My Sons Are Jewish written by Paula Clayman and has been published by Destiny Image Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Religion categories.
In her quest to discover the true nature of the question, “Who is a Jew?” author Paula Clayman emphatically unravels many exciting historical facets while tracing biblical lineages and exposing their valuable contributions. My Sons Are Jewish takes you on a journey through the Old Testament and beyond, following the story of the Jews as they carried forth the blessing of Abraham to all the people of the world. Through revisiting the ancient text of the Bible and tracing the steps of the Jews, an unbroken cord is exposed; a cord that conveyed much more than their ancient traditions and heritage. The cord brought forth the religion given to humankind, which foreshadowed all that was to be, and a promise of inheritance to all who choose to receive—including Jews who return to their roots. You will better understand Jewish history and how Christianity, rather than being a “new” religion, is a continuation of the religion of the Jews as given by God. As a result, Christians will better understand their own religious heritage and their Jewish spiritual roots—while the Jewish reader will see how Christianity arose from Judaism in its pure form.
The Family Of Abraham
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Carol Bakhos
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-06
The Family Of Abraham written by Carol Bakhos and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-06 with Religion categories.
"Abrahamic religions" has gained currency in scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way to refer to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Carol Bakhos steps back from the convention to ask: What is Abrahamic about these three faiths? She challenges references to Judaism and Islam as sibling religions and warns against uncritical adoption of the term.