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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815830903321

Autore

Chilton Bruce

Titolo

Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

0-203-07201-4

1-134-68968-3

9786612323652

1-134-68967-5

1-282-32365-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NeusnerJacob

Disciplina

261.26

296.6/7

296.67

Soggetti

Authority

Authority - Religious aspects - Comparative studie

Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

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.