Ancient Jewish and Christian texts as crisis management literature : thematic studies from the Centre for Early Christian Studies / edited by David C. Sim and Pauline Allen

Published:: London : T & T Clark, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: xi, 209 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Sim, David C. and Allen, Pauline, 1948-

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Library of New Testament studies ; 445

Contents:

The Jewish war as a response to the crisis of Flavian propaganda / James S. McLaren -- Coping with the present by inventing the future : Jewish apocalyptic texts as crisis management literature / David C. Sim -- Family feud : Paul's response to the internecine crisis in Galatia / Ian J. Elmer -- Fighting on all fronts : crisis management in the gospel of Matthew / David C. Sim -- Monitoring women's roles : Luke's response to a crisis of acceptability in the Roman Empire / Elizabeth Dowling -- Leadership in a time of crisis : re-evaluating Nicodemus (John 3.1-10) / Mary L. Coloe -- The Roman response to the ecclesiastical crises in the Antiochene Church in the late-fourth and early-fifth centuries / Geoffrey D. Dunn -- John Chrysostom as crisis manager : the years in Constantinople / Wendy Mayer -- A crisis of orthodoxy : Leo I's fight against the 'deadly disease' of Heresy / Bronwen Neil -- Stage-managing crisis : bishops' liturgical responses to crisis (4th-6th centuries) / Pauline Allen.

Summary:

The Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament studies, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches. --
This volume demonstrates that many Jewish and Christian texts in the ancient world were written as a direct response to an earlier situation of crisis that affected the author, or the intended readers. --
Presented here are texts from both traditions that were written over many centuries, showing that such crisis management literature was widespread in the religious and theological literature of ancient times. These chosen works reveal that all manner of crises could contribute to the production or the nature of these texts; including persecution, political factors, religious or theological differences, social circumstances, as well as internal or external threats. By understanding this crucial element in the composition of these texts we are better able to understand the complexity of social, political and religious forces that gave rise to many ancient theological texts, and to appreciate the strategies which the authors used to manage these crises. --Book Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780567281029 (hbk.)
0567281027 (hbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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