[Rezension von: Whitaker, Max, 1975-, Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? : investigating the unrecognisability and metamorphosis of Jesus in his post-resurrection appearances]

Around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, many scholars of comparative religions sought to demonstrate that the foundational beliefs of Christianity were completely derived from ideas that were already prevalent within ancient stories of Greco-Roman mythology. The enterprise of col...

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Main Author: Siniscalchi, Glenn B. (Author)
Contributors: Whitaker, Max 1975- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 952-953
Review of:Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2019) (Siniscalchi, Glenn B.)
Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2019) (Siniscalchi, Glenn B.)
Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2019) (Siniscalchi, Glenn B.)
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Summary:Around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, many scholars of comparative religions sought to demonstrate that the foundational beliefs of Christianity were completely derived from ideas that were already prevalent within ancient stories of Greco-Roman mythology. The enterprise of collecting parallels had the effect of undercutting the unique truth claims of Christianity as the newfound faith spread across the Mediterranean basin. As time went on, the scholarly influence of the ‘history of religions’ school lost most of its credibility, and today there are hardly any serious representatives who advocate for its basic theses.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flab146