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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785366303321

Autore

Spaulding Mary B

Titolo

Commemorative identities [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish social memory and the Johannine Feast of Booths / / Mary B. Spaulding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY, : T & T Clark, c2009

ISBN

1-282-86836-5

9786612868368

0-567-39445-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 396

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

European studies on Christian origins

Disciplina

226.5

Soggetti

Sukkot - Christian observance - History

Fasts and feasts in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Conundrum in Johannine Studies; Chapter 1. Methodology; Chapter 2. Literature Review; Chapter 3. Jewish Festivals in Antiquity: Identifying Continuity, Conflict, and Change; Chapter 4. Prelude to the Johannine Feast of Booths: Structures of Memory and Identity; Chapter 5. The Johannine Feast of Booths: Identification through Commemoration; Chapter 6. Conclusion: Commemorative Continuity with the Past; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Commemorative Identities represents a significantly new approach to the issue of replacement/abrogation vs. continuation of Jewish thought patterns and practices among Jewish Christ-followers as they are addressed by the Johannine author. Previous studies have been unable to elucidate a comprehensible argument to support continuation of commemoration in the face of explicit Temple replacement terminology in the Gospel. This study provides that argument based upon known sociological observations and models, and direct comparative analysis with Jewish practices pre- and post-70. Mary Spaulding's