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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Jacob Neusner; Bruce D. Chilton and Alan J. Avery-Peck Klappentext The seven essays in this book address formative Judaic writings in the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud, the first six centuries of the Common Era, and formative Christianity in the first six centuries of the Common Era. The essays explore the areas where Judaism and Christianity have intersected. Zusammenfassung The seven essays in this book address formative Judaic writings in the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud! the first six centuries of the Common Era! and formative Christianity in the first six centuries of the Common Era. The essays explore the areas where Judaism and Christianity have intersected. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1. Foreword: How Does Religion Imagine Society?Ancient IsraelChapter 2. From the Repertoire of the Hebrew Bible: Visions of the Social OrderJudaismChapter 3. Enoch's Vague Visions of a Future Social Order; Foils to its Vivid Portrayals of the Present ChaosChapter 4. Visions of the Social Order: The Qumran LibraryChapter 5. Through Greek Eyes: Jewish "Theocracy" and "State of the Wise"Chapter 6. Philo's Constructs of Social OrderChapter 7. The Mishnah and Concepts of the Social OrderChapter 8. The Social Vision of Rabbinic JudaismChapter 9. Torah and Culture: H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture after Fifty Years: A Judaic ResponseChapter 10. Six People You Meet in the Synagogue: Visions of Social Order in Early Rabbinic PrayerChristianityChapter 11. The Kingdom of GodChapter 12. Paul's Theory of the Social OrderChapter 13. Early Christian Martyrdom, Scripture, and Social OrderChapter 14. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-200) Re-Imagining the Cosmos from the Perspective of the OppressedChapter15. Origen's Social Vision of Christian LifeChapter 16. Eusebius's (and Constantine's) Theory of the Political OrderChapter 17. Augustine of Hippo (354-430): Architect of Western Christianity's Political TheologyConclusinosChapter Conclusions, Observations, and Limitations: Reflections on the Visions of the Social Order Collaborative Project...
