Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christianity

Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-525-50063-7
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume , Part, gebunden

Reihe: Studia Aarhusiana Neotestiamentica - SANt

The rise of early Christianity was accompanied by a period of impressive literary production. Early Christian authors combined literary forms from Greco-Roman writings with the style and content of Hellenistic Jewish literature to create a tertium quid. Their literary works are therefore comparable to both Jewish and Greco-Roman contemporary writings, but they adopt, modify and transform literary conventions according to their needs and interests to communicate their message showing signs of literary innovation and creativity.
This volume shows the innovative aspect of early Christian literature, by integrating adjacent fields of research as ancient history, classical studies, Jewish studies, patristics and religious studies. The analyses explore how and why early Christian literature unexpectedly established itself as a literary force in the early imperium.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jónsson, Sigurvin Lárus

Luther, Susanne

Mortensen, Jacob P. B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Mortensen, Jacob P. B.
PhD Jacob P.B. Mortensen is Assistant Professor at Aarhus University (Denmark).

Jónsson, Sigurvin Lárus
Sigurvin Lárus Jónsson is Researcher in the field of New Testament at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.