Identity Formation in the New Testament - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3161496876 ISBN 13 : 9783161496875

Editeur : Mohr Siebeck, 2008

Synopsis

This conference volume focuses on showing that investigating various aspects of the Christian movement's identity helps us to understand its historical reality. Whatever is known about identity from ancient times reaches us mostly through ancient texts. Thus many of the essays in this volume are devoted to analyzing New Testament texts and showing how they reveal the processes of identity formation. One type of evidence here is how New Testament texts compare with or treat older texts which are in the same normative tradition, in other words biblical and Jewish texts. Another group of essays deals with specific literary techniques used in the service of creating identity, such as personification, stereotyping or marginalizing others as well as looking at the relationship between different kinds of social identity. A third group of essays directs attention to the light that gender analysis casts on the shaping of Christian identity, pointing both to surprising similarities and differences from the surrounding culture. The final group of essays applies the insights of postcolonial theory and its sensitivity to power relationships and the political dimension of human reality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bengt Holmberg, is professor emeritus at Lund University, Sweden.Mikael Winninge, is senior lecturer at Umea University, Sweden.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mohr Siebeck
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3161496876
• ISBN 13: 9783161496875
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 353
• Éditeur: Holmberg Bengt, Winninge Mikael
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible