Social memory theory and conceptions of afterlife in Jewish and Christian antiquity / Thomas R. Hatina, Jiří Lukeš (Eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hatina, Thomas R., editor.

Lukeš, Jiří, editor.

Series:

Studies in cultural contexts of the Bible ; Bd. 8.

Studies in cultural contexts of the Bible ; volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Future life--Judaism--History of doctrines.

Future life.

Future life--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Future life--Biblical teaching.

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

Church history.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xiv, 391 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Paderborn : Brill Schöningh , 2023.

Summary:

"Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period." --Publisher, page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity: Navigating Competing Conceptions as Products of Social Memory / Thomas R. Hatina and Jiř̕ Lukeš

I. Afterlife in Ancient Judaism

The Nightmare of Sheol and the Counter-Memories of Yahwism / Craig C. Boyles

Ancient Egyptian Judgment of the Dead in Visual Memory of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature / Jiř̕ Jaǹk and Michael Sommer

Remembering the Martyrs in 2 and 4 Maccabees / David Cielontko

Isaac's Death and Resurrection Remembered: Reception History, Cultural Memory, and the Aqedah in Jewish Tradition / Bradford A. Anderson

II. Afterlife in Early Christianity

Mnemonic Cross-pollination: Water Symbolism and the Fluidity of Resurrection Memory / Anthony Le Donne

From Romans to Colossians: Making Sense of Competing Conceptions of Resurrection / Kyle R. L. Parsons

Re-membering Life after Death: Constructing, Receiving, and Contesting the Pauline Body / Frederick S. Tappenden

Additional Notes to an Unfinished Symphony: Resurrection and Afterlife According to Mark / Sandra Huebenthal

Sexual Asceticism and Eternal Life in the Acts of Paul and Thecla: A Collective and Cultural Memory Perspective / Jiř̕ Lukeš

"And I saw another place ..." (ApcPet 21): The Greek Apocalypse of Peter and its Otherworldly Landscape of Memories / Tobias Nicklas

Advanced Knowledge of Afterlife: Reading the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity as a Memory Text / Christian Handschuh

III. Hermeneutics and Memory

Form Criticism vs. Memory Theory on the Resurrection Narratives / Zeba Crook

Explaining Competing Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts: A Social Memory Approach / Stu Taleň

When the Saints Go Marching In: Remembering Vengeance and Vindication in Matthew 27:52-53 / Thomas R. Hatina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783506796219

3506796216

9783657796212

3657796215

OCLC:

1358409708

Publisher Number:

9783506796219