Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity - Couverture rigide

 
9783506796219: Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3506796216 ISBN 13 : 9783506796219
Editeur : Brill U Schoningh, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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Éditeur
Brill U Schoningh
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3506796216
ISBN 13 
9783506796219
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
405
Éditeur
Hatina Thomas R, Lukes Jiri
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Personne responsable
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