Title: Memory and manuscript
First published: 1961
Description: Here in one volume are two of Birger Gerhardsson's much-debated works on the transmission of tradition in Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. In Memory and Manuscript (1961), Gerhardsson explores the way in which Jewish rabbis during the first Christian centuries preserved and passed on their sacred tradition, and he shows how early Christianity is better understood in light of how that tradition developed in Rabbinic Judaism.

In Tradition and Transmission in Early Christianity (1964), Gerhardsson further clarifies the discussion and answers criticism of his earlier book. This Biblical Resource Series combined edition corrects and expands Gerhardsson's original works and includes a new preface by the author and a lengthy new foreword by Jacob Neusner that summarizes these works' importance and subsequent influence.
Subjects: Bible, Church history, Criticism, Form, Form Criticism, History and criticism, Judaism, Oral tradition, Rabbinical literature, Tradition (Judaism), Tradition (Theology), Transmission of texts, Criticism, interpretation, Tradition (Judaïsme), Transmission de textes, Tekstoverlevering, Manuscrits, Vroegchristelijke literatuur, 11.21 Jewish religious literature, Rabbijnse literatuur, Mémorisation, 11.51 early Christianity, Mondelinge overlevering, Bible., N.T. - Criticism, Form, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t.
Time periods: Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600