Others and the construction of early Christian identities
By: edited by Raimo Hakola, Nina Nikki, & Ulla Tervahauta
Series: Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society -- 106; Suomen Eksegeettisen Seuran julkaisuja -- 106.
Publisher: Finnish Exegetical Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9789519217611
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Theology; Early church; Church history; History of doctrines; Christianity; Christianity and other religions; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pharisees as others in the New Testament; title: The flexible apostle: Paul's varied social identifications in 1 Corinthians 9 and Philippians 3; title: Questions of identity, otherness and "Jewishness" in Ephesians' scholarship; title: Creating the murderers of God: the case of the Gospel of Peter; title: How to expose a deviant? Resurrection belief and boundary creation in early Christianity; title: Ignorant people, the fool and pagans: intra-Christian polemic portrayal of the other in Authentikos logos; title: Christian identity and intra-Christian polemics in the Pseudo-Clementines; title: In the category of philosophy? Christians in early pagan accounts; title: Danger and delusion: ancient literary images of religious prejudices; title: Nocturnal rituals as an othering device: the long life of fears and labels in ancient polemic and legislation.