Light Against Darkness

Dualism in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and the Contemporary World
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-525-55016-8
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Volume 002, Part, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

Reihe: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements (JAJ.S)

Light Against Darkness is comprised of articles that put on display the power and pervasiveness of dualistic thought. Dualism has proved a potent cultural tool for clarifying and ordering reality. Particularly in times of social stress and psychological insecurity, it can offer a valuable conceptual grid that provides orientation to the world and a clear sense of identity. At the same time, though, there are important questions to be asked about the social effects of binary thinking. As history amply illustrates, dualistic notions can readily be deployed to legitimate cultural demonization and to rationalize violence. At a deeper level, a dualist worldview can also obscure the possibilities to be found in multiplicity.The articles in this volume treat Dualism across a wide historical spectrum and from multiple methodological perspectives. The studies are organized around the religious and cultural contexts of Ancient Judaism and they include contributions from leading voices on ancient Persia, Israel, Greece, and Egypt.Experts on modern religious and philosophical thought not only lend context to concepts applied to the ancient world, but engage recent European and American experiments in binary thought. All of the studies contribute to a richer and more complete portrait of dualism in ancient Judaism.

Zielgruppe

Scholars, Bachelor and Master Students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Near Eastern Studies, and Classics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lange, Armin

Meyers, Eric M.

Reynolds III, Bennie H.

Styers, Randall G.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ariel, Yaakov S.

Alexander, Philip S.

Horton, Fred L.

Sundermann, Werner

Reeves, John C.

Stuckenbruck, Loren T.

McCarter Jr, P. Kyle

Miller, Patrick Lee

Bland, Kalman P.

Sadler Jr., Rodney S.

Plese, Zlatko

Lycan, William G.

Rosenthal, Michael A.

AuFrère, Sydney H.

Skjærvø, Prods Oktor

Fontaine, Piet F. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Lange, Armin
Dr. theol. Armin Lange ist Professor für das Judentum des zweiten Tempels und Vorstand des Instituts für Judaistik der Universität Wien. In seinen Lehrveranstaltungen bestreitet er die Zeit von den Anfängen Israels und Judas bis zum zweiten jüdischen Krieg. In seiner Forschung spezialisiert er sich auf die weisheitliche und prophetische Literatur Israels, die Textfunde vom Toten Meer sowie die Text- und Kanongeschichte der Hebräischen Bibel. Er ist Mitglied des internationalen Herausgeberteams der Textfunde vom Toten Meer.

Meyers, Eric M.
Eric M. Meyers, PhD, is Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University.

Ariel, Yaakov S.
A graduate of the Hebrew University and the University of Chicago, Yaakov Ariel’s research focuses on messianic, hybrid, or radical movements in contemporary Judaism and Christianity, as well as on Christian-Jewish relations in the Modern Era. He has published numerous articles as well as a number of books on these topics. His book, Evangelizing the Chosen People, won the Outler Prize of the American Society of Church History. His latest book, An Unusual Relationship: Evangelical Christians and Jews, was published by New York University Press in 2013. Ariel teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is currently co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies, and director of the Minor in the Study of Christianity and Culture.

Styers, Randall G.
Randall Styers, PhD, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reynolds III, Bennie H.
Dr. Bennie H. Reynolds III., Ph.D., lehrt alte Mittelmeer-Religionen an der Universität von North Carolina, Chapel Hill, und am Millsaps College.

Dr. theol. Armin Lange ist Professor für das Judentum des zweiten Tempels und Vorstand des Instituts für Judaistik der Universität Wien. In seinen Lehrveranstaltungen bestreitet er die Zeit von den Anfängen Israels und Judas bis zum zweiten jüdischen Krieg. In seiner Forschung spezialisiert er sich auf die weisheitliche und prophetische Literatur Israels, die Textfunde vom Toten Meer sowie die Text- und Kanongeschichte der Hebräischen Bibel. Er ist Mitglied des internationalen Herausgeberteams der Textfunde vom Toten Meer.

Eric M. Meyers, PhD, is Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University.

Bennie Reynolds, PhD, is Lecturer in Biblical Hebrew at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Randall Styers, PhD, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.