Lines and Nets: Tracing Patterns in Early Christianity
Linear accounts of early Christianity been challenged by more recent emphases on its inherent diversity, prompting the exploration of alternative models to try to make sense of an otherwise chaotic or disconnected topic. This paper explores these, and argues that the model of networks as developed i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2025, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 461-477 |
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| Summary: | Linear accounts of early Christianity been challenged by more recent emphases on its inherent diversity, prompting the exploration of alternative models to try to make sense of an otherwise chaotic or disconnected topic. This paper explores these, and argues that the model of networks as developed in technology and the social sciences is particularly fruitful. It can be creatively applied to the abundance of early Christian letter writing, analysing how far actual networks shaped the movement, how far later writers projected these on the past in order to create an image of initial cohesion and unity. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2025.a978165 |
