Reshaping identities in Late Antique Syria-Mesopotamia
Subtitle: Christian and Jewish hermeneutics and narrative strategies
By: by Aryeh Kofsky, Serge Ruzer ; in collaboration with Reuven Kiperwasser
Contributors: Ruzer, Serge, author; Kipervasser, Reuven, contributor
Series: Judaism in context -- 19; Judaism in context -- v. 19.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781463205904
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Syriac Christians; History; Judaism; Relations; Christianity; Christianity and other religions; Hermeneutics; Interfaith relations
Description: This volume presents case studies of the phenomena that contributed to group identity in Late Antique Syria-Mesopotamia, in particular traditions reflecting interactions between Judaism and Christianity, among various Christian groups, and among other religious traditions of late antiquity (such as Zoroastrianism or 'paganism'). By studying Christian, Jewish and other sources that deal with the establishment, modification and deletion of boundaries, the authors seek to create a frame of reference that will in turn explain and contextualise the existing evidence concerning communication and interaction between highly diverse groups in Late Antiquity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Theodore of Mopsuestia and the Greek-Syriac divide of Syrian Christianity; title: Chapter one: Transformed Christology in response to crises; title: Chapter two: Progressive revelation and human development in Christ; title: Chapter three: Anthropology and soteriology; title: Chapter four: On Jews and Judaism; title: Syriac Christians and Jews in Syro-Mesopotamian cultural setting; title: Chapter five: Syriac and rabbinic narratives on Zoroastrian oral culture : the case of a Persian convert; title: Chapter six: Broader cultural patterns in Jewish and Christian discourse; title: Chapter seven: Competition for sacred space : Bar Sauma's vita and rabbinic traditions.