The quest for the memory of Jesus : a viable path or a dead end? / Tuomas Havukainen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Havukainen, Tuomas, author.

Series:

Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 99.

Contributions to biblical exegesis & theology ; 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Collective memory.

Memory.

Physical Description:

x, 336 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2020.

Summary:

"This study is focused on the active international field of study in which various theories of memory (e.g. social/collective memory and individual memory) and ancient media studies (e.g. study of oral tradition and history) are applied to historical Jesus research. The main purpose of the monograph is to study whether the memory approach constitutes a coherent methodological school of thought. The dissertation discusses in what ways the memory approach distinguishes itself from earlier research and whether one can speak of a new beginning in historical Jesus research. A central focus of the study is the research-historical discussion on the nature and processes of the transmission of the Jesus traditions in early Christianity, which is a significant research problem for both earlier historical Jesus research and the memory approach." --back cover

Contents:

Introduction. The quest for the historical Jesus as a research problem

Purpose of the study

Methodological considerations

Form criticism and its critics. Form criticism

Formal controlled tradition

Radical discontinuity between orality and textuality

Informal controlled oral tradition

Memory approach: a way forward? Individual memory and social memory

James D. G. Dunn

Richard A. Horsley

Rafael Rodriguez

Chris Keith

Dale C. Allison

Anthony Le Donne

Importance of eyewitness testimony

Samuel Byrskog

Richard Bauckham.

Notes:

Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo Akademi University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-323) and indexes.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789042941250

9042941251

OCLC:

1143750730

Publisher Number:

9789042941250