The origin of heresy : a history of discourse in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity / Robert M. Royalty, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royalty, Robert M., Jr., 1961- author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Religion

Routledge studies in religion ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Origin.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

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

Church history.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of 'heresy' in the rhetoric of ideological disagreements in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts and in the development of the polemical rhetoric against 'heretics,' called heresiology. Here, author Robert Royalty argues, one finds the origin of what comes to be labelled 'heresy' in the second century. In other words, there was such as thing as 'heresy' in ancient Jewish and Christian discourse before it was called 'heresy.' And by

Contents:

The origin of heresy

The rhetoric of difference in Israel

Reform and revolution in the Roman Empire: John the Baptist and the disciples of Jesus

Paul and the rhetoric of difference

The Christian Gospels as narratives of exclusion

Policing the boundaries: the politics of heresiology

The politics of orthodoxy

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-226) and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-27742-0

0-203-11107-9

1-283-86329-4

1-136-27743-9

9780203111079

OCLC:

820787717