Crossing Boundaries in Early Judaism and Christianity
Subtitle: Ambiguities, Complexities, and Half-Forgotten Adversaries. Essays in Honor of Alan F. Segal
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016
Language: eng; heb
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9789004332300
Subjects: Judaism, relations, christianity
Description: "This volume celebrates the scholarship of Alan Segal. During his prolific career, Alan published ground-breaking studies that shifted scholarly conversations about Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Hellenism and Gnosticism. Like the subjects of his research, Alan crossed many boundaries. He understood that religions do not operate in academically defined silos, but in complex societies populated by complicated human beings. Alan’s work engaged with a variety of social-scientific theories that illuminated ancient sources and enabled him to reveal new angles on familiar material. This interdisciplinary approach enabled Alan to propose often controversial theories about Jewish and Christian origins. A new generation of scholars has been nurtured on this approach and the fields of early Judaism and Christianity emerge radically redefined as a result."--