A holy people : Jewish and Christian perspectives on religious communal identity / edited by Marcel Poorthuis & Joshua Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poorthuis, Marcel, 1955-

Schwartz, Joshua.

Series:

Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; v. 12.

Jewish and Christian perspectives series, 1388-2074 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holiness--Judaism--History.

Holiness.

Holiness--Christianity--History of doctrines.

People of God.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Church--Holiness.

Church.

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Identity (Psychology).

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Holy People investigates the various ways in which Jews and Christians define their religious identity, people or community, as being holy. Keeping in mind that historical studies can offer food for thought regarding contemporary issues, the study offers a large collection of essays, relating to the biblical, patristic and medieval period and especially to the modern period. The obvious question of many in the modern world as to whether the attribute of the ‘holiness’ allows for acknowledgement of authentic religion outside the own religious community, deserves an honest answer and well-documented study: too easily the claim of holiness intertwines with claims of power, whether by rivalling groups within the religious community, by groups divided along gender lines, or on the level of territorial claims. It will be of special importance to scholars and general readers interested in an interdisciplinary approach to theology, rabbinics, history, political science, and much more.

Contents:

Contents

List of Contributors

Editorial Statement

Introduction

Biblical Period

"Holy People" : The Biblical Evidence / Pancratius C. Beentjes

Trade, Ideology, and Boundary Maintenance In Iron Age Israelite Society / Avraham Faust

Post-Biblical Period

A Holy People In The Winepress: Treading The Grapes and Holiness / Joshua Schwartz

Holiness and Sanctity In The Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman

Table Community In Early Christianity / Gerard Rouwhorst

Was The Didache Community A Group Within Judaism? An Assessment on the Basis of Its Eucharistic Prayers / Huub Van De Sandt "A City That Makes All Israel Friends": Normative Communitas and the Struggle For Religious Legitimacy In Pilgrimages To The Second Temple / Jackie Feldman

Your Neighbor Is Like Yourself: A Broad Generalization With Regard To The Torah / Moshe Benovitz

Medieval Period

Recording The Sainthood of the Missionaries In The Carolingian Era: Typology and It's Limits / Bat-Sheva Albert

The Ambivalent Role of the "People of God" In Twentieth Century Catholic Theology: The Examples of Yves Congar and Edward Schillebeeckx / Erik Borgman

"Holy People": Some Protestant Views / Simon Schoon

Who We Say We Are: Jewish Self-Definition In Two Modern Dutch Liberal Prayer Books / Judith Frishman

The Holiness of the Church / Herwi Rikhof

Pilgrims "Communitas" In The Holy Land: The Case of Mormon Pilgrimage / Yael Guter

The Holy People Among The Philosophers : A Grim Tale / Victor Kal

On the Holiness of the People of Israel In The Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel / Alexander Even-Chen Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Sources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-39911-6

9786611399115

90-474-0923-X

OCLC:

645542039

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047409236 DOI