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Crossing boundaries in early Judaism and Christianity : ambiguities, complexities, and half-forgotten adversaries : essays in honor of Alan F. Segal / edited by Kimberly B. Stratton and Andrea Lieber.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Segal, Alan F., 1945-2011, honouree.
Stratton, Kimberly B., editor.
Lieber, Andrea, editor.
Series:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 177.
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 177
Language:
English
Hebrew
Subjects (All):
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Judaism.
Relations.
Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Christianity and other religions.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Rabbinical literature.
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.
History.
Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).
Festschriften.
Interfaith relations.
Segal, Alan F., 1945-2011--Bibliography.
Segal, Alan F.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Festschriften.
Bibliographies.
Physical Description:
xxii, 411 pages : portrait ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Language Note:
Text in English with occasional Hebrew quotations translated into English.
Summary:
This volume celebrates the scholarship of Alan Segal. During his prolific career, Alan published ground-breaking studies that shifted scholarly conversations about Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Hellenism and Gnosticism. Like the subjects of his research, Alan crossed many boundaries. He understood that religions do not operate in academically defined silos, but in complex societies populated by complicated human beings. Alan's work engaged with a variety of social-scientific theories that illuminated ancient sources and enabled him to reveal new angles on familiar material. This interdisciplinary approach enabled Alan to propose often controversial theories about Jewish and Christian origins. A new generation of scholars has been nurtured on this approach and the fields of early Judaism and Christianity emerge radically redefined as a result.
Contents:
Alan F. Segal : A Life in Perspective / Kimberly B. Stratton
Introduction to the Volume / Andrea Lieber
Part 1. Two Powers in Heaven (Heavenly Ascent and Angelification) The Self-Glorification Hymn from Qumran / John J. Collins
Theosis through Works of the Law : Deification of the Earthly Righteous in Classical Rabbinic Thought / Jonah Chanan Steinberg
From the Covenant of the Rainbow to the Covenant at Sinai, from the Pilgrimage to the Temple to the Vision of the Chariot, from the Blessing of the First Fruits to the Priestly Blessing, and from the Tiqqun leil Shavuʻot to the Revelation of the Shekhinah / Rachel Elior
Part 2. Rebecca's Children (Jewish Christian Origins) Some Particulars about Universalism / Ellen Birnbaum
Imagining Jesus, with Food / Michel Desjardins
Antiquity's Children : History and Theology in Three Surveys / Tzvee Zahavy
Part 3. Paul the Convert (Conversion, Apostasy, Identity) Giving Up the Godfearers / Ross S. Kraemer
Marcion and Boundaries / Stephen G. Wilson
The Interpreter as Intertext: Origen's First Homily on the Canticle of Canticles / Celia Deutsch
Translation and Transformation : The Coptic Soundscapes of The Thunder : Perfect Mind / Jared C. Calaway
Part 4. Life after Death (Death and Treatment of the Dead) Maccabees, Martyrs, Murders, and Masada : Noble Deaths and Suicides in 1 and 2 Maccabees and Josephus / Jonathan Klawans
The Lament of the Martyrs and the Literature of Destruction (Rev 6:10) / William Morrow
A Rabbinic Translation of Relics / Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
Part 5. Sinning in the Hebrew Bible (Morality, Theodicy, Theology) The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism / Jacob Neusner
From Theodicy to Anti-theodicy : Midrashic Accusations of God's Disobedience to Biblical Law / Adam Gregerman
Appendix: Complete List of Publications.
Notes:
Includes Complete listing of publications (pages [361]-367).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-402) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Crossing boundaries in early Judaism and Christianity
ISBN:
9789004332300
9004332308
OCLC:
956351334

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