Rethinking 'Authority' in Late Antiquity (eBook, ePUB)

Authorship, Law, and Transmission in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Redaktion: Berkovitz, A. J.; Letteney, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While the chapters of this volume focus on late antique case studies from early Christian and Jewish sources sources, the methodological intervention speaks to the discipline of history as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351063401
• Artikelnr.: 55433277

Autorenporträt

A. J. Berkovitz is Assistant Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, USA. His forthcoming book focuses on the reception and practice of the Psalms in Late Antiquity, and explores issues related to book history and the Jewish-Christian encounter. Mark Letteney is a PhD candidate in Princeton's Department of Religion, USA. His dissertation considers the effects of Christian governance on scholarly practices in the late fourth and fifth centuries. He is also an archaeologist, co-directing the Solomon's Pools Archaeological Project in Palestine.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1: A.J. BERKOVITZ AND MARK LETTENEY, "AUTHORITY IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORIOGRAPHY"
CHAPTER 2: HINDY NAJMAN, "READING BEYOND AUTHORITY"
CHAPTER 3: MARK LETTENEY, "AUTHENTICITY AND AUTHORITY: THE CASE FOR DISMANTLING A DUBIOUS CORRELATION"
CHAPTER 4: MATTHEW D. C. LARSEN, "CORRECTING THE GOSPEL: PUTTING THE TITLES OF THE GOSPELS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
CHAPTER 5: AJ BERKOVITZ, "BEYOND ATTRIBUTION AND AUTHORITY: THE CASE OF PSALMS IN RABBINIC HERMENEUTICS"
AUTHORITY AND THE LAW
CHAPTER 6: MARIA DOERFLER, "GLIMPSES FROM THE MARGINS: RE-TELLING LATE ANCIENT HISTORY AT THE EDGES OF THE LAW"
CHAPTER 7: JONATHAN A. POMERANZ, "CONCEALING THE LAW: THE LIMITS OF LEGAL PROMULGATION AMONG THE RABBIS OF BABYLONIA"
AUTHORITY AND TRANSMISSION
CHAPTER 8: EVA MROCZEK, "TRUTH AND DOUBT IN MANUSCRIPT DISCOVERY NARRATIVES"
CHAPTER 9: WINRICH LÖHR, "THE ORTHODOX TRANSMISSION OF HERESY" 190
CHAPTER 10: SARIT KATTAN GRIBETZ, "CONSUMING TEXTS: WOMEN AS RECIPIENTS AND TRANSMITTERS OF ANCIENT TEXTS"
EPILOGUE: C. M. CHIN: READING WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Index