Jerusalem and Athens
Cultural Transformation in Late Antiquity
by E. A. Judge, edited by Alanna Nobbs
E.A. Judge’s third collection of essays moves on from Rome and the New Testament to the interaction of the classical and biblical traditions, to the cultural transformation of late antiquity, and to the contested heritage of Athens and Jerusalem in the modern West. A lifelong interest in Rome bridges this range. Christianity emerges as essentially a movement of ideas, opposed at first to the cultic practice of ancient religion which had been meant to secure the existing order of things. The new message with its demanding morality laid the foundations for our radically different sense of ‘religion’ as the quest for the ideal life.The ‘Judge method’ tackles such momentous questions by starting with textual detail, translated from Latin and Greek. Inspired by the project of the Dolger-Institut in Bonn (the interaction of antiquity and Christianity), he brings to it a particular focus on those documents of the times retrieved from stone or papyrus. The collection reflects the more holistic approach to history, starting with the ancient world, that has been developed at Macquarie University in Sydney, where diverse interests are now drawn together from as far back as ancient Egypt or China in an attractive approach to the modern world.
E. A. Judge, Born 1928; Emeritus Professor of History at Macquarie University.Alanna Nobbs, Born 1944; Professor, Head of Department and Deputy Director at the Ancient Cultures Research Centre, Dept. of Ancient History at Macquarie University.
- By (author) E A Judge
- Edited by Alanna Nobbs
Other Titles in this Series
Deliver Us from Evil
Interpreting the Redemption from the Power of Satan in New Testament Theology
Volume 216
Bibelkritik und Auslegung der Heiligen Schrift
Beiträge zur Geschichte der biblischen Exegese und Hermeneutik
The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity
Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein
Volume 404
Theology and Practice in Early Christianity
Essays New and Old with Updated Reception Histories
Volume 442
Einheit der Kirche im Neuen Testament
Dritte europäische orthodox-westliche Exegetenkonferenz in Sankt Petersburg, 24.-31. August 2005
Paul, Founder of Churches
A Study in Light of the Evidence for the Role of Founder-Figures in the Hellenistic-Roman Period
Volume 292
The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19-2:22)
Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings from the Colloquium Ioanneum 2015 in Ephesus
Epiphanies of the Divine in the Septuagint and the New Testament
Fifth International Symposium of the Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti (CJHNT), 14-17 May 2015, Nottingham
Theologie und Textgeschichte
Septuaginta und Masoretischer Text als Äußerungen theologischer Reflexion
Der Kaiserkult in Judaa unter den Herodiern und Romern
Untersuchungen zur politischen und religiosen Geschichte Judaas von 30 v. bis 66 n. Chr.
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