Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity / Samuel Byrskog ; Raimo Hakola ; Jutta Jokiranta (eds.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrskog, Samuel.

Hakola, Raimo.

Jokiranta, Jutta.

Series:

Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus, Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments ; Bd. 116.

Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus, Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social groups.

Group identity.

Collective memory.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen ; Bristol, Connecticut : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co 2016.

Summary:

The concepts of social memory and social identity have been increasingly used in the study of ancient Jewish and Christian sources. This volume offers an up-to-date presentation of how social memory studies and socio-psychological identity approach enrich the study of Biblical and related literature. The articles examine how Jewish and Christian sources participate in the processes of collective recollection and in this way contribute to the construction of distinctive social identities. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Social Memory 23

Philosophical Aspects on Memory: Aristotle, Augustine and Bultmann / Samuel Byrskog Byrskog, Samuel 23

The Formation of the Synoptic Tradition: Cognitive and Cultural Approaches to an Old Problem / Alan Kirk Kirk, Alan 49

Reading the Gospel of Mark as Collective Memory / Sandra Huebenthal Huebenthal, Sandra 69

Eyewitness Testimony, First-Person Narration and Authorial Presence as Means of Legitimation in Early Gospel Literature / Kari Syreeni Syreeni, Kari 89

Dual Conventions: The Oral Delivery of New Testament Writings in Light of First-Century Delivery Practices / Dan Nässelqvist Nässelqvist, Dan 111

II Social Identity 127

The Importance of Marriage in the Construction of a Sectarian Identity in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Cecilia Wassén Wassén, Cecilia 127

Black Sheep, Outsiders, and the Qumran Movement: Social-Psychological Perspectives on Norm-Deviant Behaviour / Jutta Jokiranta Jokiranta, Jutta 151

Wisdom, Scripture, and Identity Formation in 4QBeatitudes / Elisa Uusimäki Uusimäki, Elisa 175

Forgiveness, Rituals, and Social Identity in Matthew: Obliging Forgiveness / Rikard Roitto Roitto, Rikard 187

The Johannine Community as a Constructed, Imagined Community / Raimo Hakola Hakola, Raimo 211

Contesting the Past, Competing over the Future: Why is Paul Past-Oriented in Galatians and Romans, but Future-Oriented in Philippians? / Nina Nikki Nikki, Nina 241

Covenant, Conflict and Collective Identity: The Relationship between Hebrews and 1 Clement / Martin Wessbrandt Wessbrandt, Martin 257.

ISBN:

9783525593752

3525593759

OCLC:

952385171