The First Apocalypse of James : martyrdom and sexual difference / Mikael Haxby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haxby, Mikael, 1979- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Edwin E. Aubrey Memorial Fund.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.).

Place of Publication:

T|bingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2023]

Contents:

Cover

Title

Preface

Table of Contents

Introduction: On the First Apocalypse of James

A. Ideologies of Power and Sexual Difference in the Arena

B. Orthodoxy and Heresy

C. Martyrdom

D. Sexual Difference

E. Manuscript and Dating

F. Structure of the Book

Chapter 1: Preparation for Martyrdom

A. Preparation for Martyrdom as Genre

B. James' Preparation for Martyrdom

C. Fear and Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy

D. Practices of Understanding and Effective Theology

I. A Ritual of Preparation for Death

II. The Dialogue Setting

III. An Effective Death

Chapter 2: Discourses of Martyrdom and Docetism

A. The "Docetic" Second Treatise of the Great Seth

B. "Docetism" as a Question of Anthropology

I. Explaining Clement's "Docetism"

II. A Rejection of the Terminology of "Docetism"

III. How Are Martyrdom, Christology, and Anthropology Linked?

C. The Missing Martyrdom of James

I. The Confession in the Heavens

II. Clement, Heracleon, and the Debates That Make Martyrs

Chapter 3: Interpretation of Scripture

A. Readings of the Gospel of John

I. The Intertextual Gap: Ethics and Christology

II. Response to an Anticipated Source-Critical Objection

B. Readings of Scripture in the Passage on the "Seven Women"

I. Justin's Dialogue with Trypho and the Christological Reading of Scripture

II. Ptolemy's Letter to Flora and the Ethical Reading of Scripture

III. Women Disciples and the Ethical Reading of Isaiah 11.2-3

IV. The Ethical and Christological Reading of Leviticus

Chapter 4: Sexual Difference and the Sophia-Christ Dilemma

A. Sexual Difference in Theology

I. Sexual Difference and Protology in Valentinian Thought

II. The Excerpts from Theodotus and the Multiple Sophias

III. The Adam-Christ Typology

B. The Sophia-Christ Dilemma

Chapter 5: The Seven Women Whom All the Generations Bless

A. Identifying and Counting the Seven Women (Or Is It Six?)

B. The Work of Femaleness

I. The "Works of Femaleness" in Clement and the Dialogue of the Savior

II. A New Interpretation of "The Work of Femaleness"

III. Not Merely a Scribal Error?

C. The Three Women Martyrs and the Power of Imitation

I. The First Martyr, Sapphira?

II. Interwoven Imitations and their Implications for Sexual Difference

III. Articulating Sexual Difference toward a Social Purpose

Chapter 6: A Working Theory

Bibliography

Subject Index

Index of References

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin E. Aubrey Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Haxby, Mikael The First Apocalypse of James

ISBN:

9783161625619

3161625617

Publisher Number:

99994356236

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