Commemorative identities : Jewish social memory and the Johannine Feast of Booths / Mary B. Spaulding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spaulding, Mary B.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies. European studies on Christian origins.

Library of New Testament studies ; 396.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of New Testament studies ; 396

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

European studies on Christian origins

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Social scientific criticism.

Bible.

Sukkot--Christian observance--History.

Sukkot.

Fasts and feasts in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Commemorative Identities represents a significantly new approach to the issue of replacement/abrogation vs. continuation of Jewish thought patterns and practices among Jewish Christ-followers as they are addressed by the Johannine author. Previous studies have been unable to elucidate a comprehensible argument to support continuation of commemoration in the face of explicit Temple replacement terminology in the Gospel. This study provides that argument based upon known sociological observations and models, and direct comparative analysis with Jewish practices pre- and post-70. Mary Spaulding's

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Conundrum in Johannine Studies; Chapter 1. Methodology; Chapter 2. Literature Review; Chapter 3. Jewish Festivals in Antiquity: Identifying Continuity, Conflict, and Change; Chapter 4. Prelude to the Johannine Feast of Booths: Structures of Memory and Identity; Chapter 5. The Johannine Feast of Booths: Identification through Commemoration; Chapter 6. Conclusion: Commemorative Continuity with the Past; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612868368

9781282868366

1282868365

9780567394453

056739445X

OCLC:

676697632