Resurrection of the Body in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

Doctrine, Community, and Self-Definition
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-391-04175-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

How did the belief in resurrection become part of the symbolic construction of early Jewish and Christian communities? Why was it a marker for who did or did not belong in certain groups? Using insights from the social sciences and rhetorical studies, the author discusses the development of belief in resurrection in early Jewish circles and the growth of a resurrection apologetic in early Christianity. Examining materials on the Pharisees, Jewish liturgy, and the earliest rabbinic statements, as well as the theology of resurrection in Paul, Justin, Athenagoras, Irenaeus, and Tertullian, this study demonstrates the stability of certain tenets that coalesce around the concept of resurrection, and its utility as a shorthand for a community's theology and self-understanding.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Setzer, Claudia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Claudia Setzer, Ph.D. (1990) in Religion, Columbia University, is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York. She is the author of Jewish Responses to Early Christians (Fortress, 1994) and writes on early Jewish/Christian relations and women in early Judaism and Christianity.