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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| 格式: | Print 图书 |
| 语言: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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Critical approaches to early Christianity (volume 3)
Year: 2024 |
| 丛编: | Critical approaches to early Christianity
volume 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Titusbrief
/ Römisches Reich
/ Kreta
/ 考古学
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| 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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| 总结: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Bibliogr. p. [147]-175. Index |
| 实物描述: | XII, 187 Seiten, 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9004685707 |
