Christ Circumcised - A Study in Early Christian History and Difference

Informationen zum Autor Andrew S. Jacobs is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Scripps College and the author of Remains of the Jews. Klappentext Andrew S. Jacobs is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Scripps College and the author of Remains of the Jews. Zusammenfassung This first full-length study of Jesus' circumcision reimagines the language of difference and identity in early Christianity. From his earliest appearance in the Gospel of Luke to the medieval Feast of the Circumcision! Christ circumcised embodies a new way of imagining Christians and their creation of a new religious culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Splitting the Difference Chapter 1. Circumcision and the Cultural Economy of Difference Chapter 2. (De-)Judaizing Christ's Circumcision: The Dialogue of Difference Chapter 3. Heresy, Theology, and the Divine Circumcision Chapter 4. Dubious Difference: Epiphanius on the Jewish Christians Chapter 5. Scriptural Distinctions: Reading Between the Lines Chapter 6. "Let Us Be Circumcised!": Ritual Differences Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Andrew S Jacobs, Andrew S. Jacobs
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2012
• EAN: 9780812243970
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4397-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An; Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works