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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815830903321

Autore

Chilton Bruce

Titolo

Types of authority in formative Christianity and Judaism / / Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

0-203-07201-4

1-134-68968-3

9786612323652

1-134-68967-5

1-282-32365-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NeusnerJacob <1932->

Disciplina

296.6/7

Soggetti

Authority - Religious aspects

Authority - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Authority - Religious aspects - Judaism - History

Judaism - Doctrines - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Institutional authority; Recovering Eden: the theoretical politics of Rabbinic Judaism; Apostles and bishops: a polarity of power in earliest Christianity; Charismatic authority; What ended with prophecy, and what happened then in Rabbinic Judaism; Charismata of guidance in primitive and early Christianity; Scriptural authority; The commanding voice of Scripture in Rabbinic Judaism; The conciliar voice of Scripture in Christianity; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner study the points of comparisons and contrast between formative Christianity and Judaism. By identifying three categories of authority in each of the two religious worlds, they show how they have both worked in compelling or failing to get someone to do a given action.The arguments are introduced by a general discussion of the founding figures of the two religions, Moses and Jesus, and how their inherent authority distilled itself through the



structure of their religious institutions and intellectual thoughts.