Reading the letter to Titus in light of Crete: dynamics of early christian identity construction

"This volume argues that Titus's invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concernin...

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Main Author: Robertson, Michael Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2024]
In: Critical approaches to early Christianity (volume 3)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Critical approaches to early Christianity volume 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Titus / Roman Empire / Crete / Archaeology
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
HH Archaeology
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Tite - (saint - 00..-00..)
B Crète (Grèce) - 30-600 (Église primitive)
B Crète (Grèce) - 67 av.J.-C.-826
B Bible. Titus Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Group Identity (Rome)
B Crete (Greece) In the Bible
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Summary:"This volume argues that Titus's invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concerning Cretan Zeus, Cretan social structure, and Cretan Judaism. He then uses these traditions to interpret Titus and explain how the letter would intersect with and affect readers' identities. Because readers had differing conceptions of Crete based on their location and access to and evaluation of Cretan traditions, readers would have developed their identities in multiple, conflictual, even contradictory ways"--
Item Description:Bibliogr. p. [147]-175. Index
ISBN:9004685707
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004685710