Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

2022
ISBN: 978-3-506-79621-9
Verlag: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 391 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 860 g

Reihe: Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible

Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hatina, Thomas R.

Lukeš, Jirí

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hatina, Thomas R.

Lukeš, Jirí

Handschuh, Christian

Tappenden, Frederick S.

Janak, Jiri

Cielontko, David

Sommer, Michael

Crook, Zeba

Nicklas, Tobias

Donne, Anthony Le

Anderson, Brad

Talane, Stu

Huebenthal, Sandra

Parsons, Kyle

Broyles, Craig C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas R. Hatina, Ph.D., is Professor, Department Chair, and Director of the Religious Studies Graduate Program at Trinity Western University in Canada. He is also Visiting Professor at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
Jirí Lukeš, Ph.D., is Lecturer in the Department of Biblical Studies and Judaism at the Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.