Types of authority in formative Christianity and Judaism / Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chilton, Bruce.

Contributor:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.

Authority.

Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism--History.

Judaism--Doctrines--History.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner study the points of comparisons and contrast between formative Christianity and Judaism. By identifying three categories of authority in each of the two religious worlds, they show how they have both worked in compelling or failing to get someone to do a given action.The arguments are introduced by a general discussion of the founding figures of the two religions, Moses and Jesus, and how their inherent authority distilled itself through the structure of their religious institutions and intellectual thoughts.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Institutional authority; Recovering Eden: the theoretical politics of Rabbinic Judaism; Apostles and bishops: a polarity of power in earliest Christianity; Charismatic authority; What ended with prophecy, and what happened then in Rabbinic Judaism; Charismata of guidance in primitive and early Christianity; Scriptural authority; The commanding voice of Scripture in Rabbinic Judaism; The conciliar voice of Scripture in Christianity; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-189) and index.

ISBN:

9786612323652

9780203072011

0203072014

9781134689682

1134689683

9781134689675

1134689675

9781282323650

1282323652

OCLC:

179162254