Memory and identity in ancient Judaism and early Christianity : a conversation with Barry Schwartz / edited by Tom Thatcher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thatcher, Tom, 1967- editor.

Schwartz, Barry, 1946- editor.

Series:

Semeia Studies Series ; Number 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Collective memory.

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

Church history.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

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

Judaism.

Schwartz, Barry, 1946-.

Schwartz, Barry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages).

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This volume applies theoretical principles, along with related aspects of Schwartz's model and the work of other significant memory theorists, to a number of case studies from ancient Jewish and early Christian history. The contributors to the present volume ask three questions of specific research problems within their individual fields of expertise: How can one separate the actual past from commemorative dressing in the extant sources, and what difference does it make to do so?; How did ancient Jews and early Christians draw upon the past to create a durable sense of communal identity, often in the face of trauma?; and, What strategies of keying and framing are evident in the extant sources, and what can these tell us about those texts and their authors and original audiences? While the contributors to the volume answer, and nuance, these questions in different ways as they address them to their respective cases in point, together they serve as the unifying theme of this book"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58983-954-4

OCLC:

891397143