Scribal Practices and Social Structures among Jesus Adherents

Essays in Honour of John S. Kloppenborg

Edited by W.E. Arnal Edited by R.S. Ascough Edited by R.A. Derrenbacker Jr. Edited by P.A. Harland

Book cover: Scribal Practices and Social Structures among Jesus Adherents

Extent: 654 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Classical Studies

Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium

Series volume number: 285

Language: English

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(November 2016)

ISBN: 9789042933910

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Building on the influential efforts of John S. Kloppenborg to integrate our understanding of Christian origins more closely and carefully within its cultural matrix, this volume explores two main phenomena of Hellenistic and Roman antiquity: scribes and scribalism, on the one hand, and voluntary associations, especially as evidenced in honorific and other inscriptions, on the other. In part one, nineteen essays by both established and younger scholars explore ancient scribalism, bureaucracy, literacy, and book production, with a view to drawing innovative new conclusions about a range of ancient Christian writings, including the gospels, Q, the Gospel of Thomas and other Nag Hammadi writings, the Letter of James, and apocalyptic literature, as well as insights into the synoptic problem and memory theory. Part two offers nine articles drawing on papyrological and epigraphic evidence to illuminate group behaviors and the concrete dynamics of smaller social bodies in the Hellenistic and Roman world, with several of the papers explicitly applying this analysis to the ekklesiai established by Paul. The essays in this section contribute to a more detailed understanding of ancient voluntary associations, and along with them, a richer picture of ancient values, economics, politics, and clothing.

Edited by W.E. Arnal
Edited by R.S. Ascough
Edited by R.A. Derrenbacker Jr.
Edited by P.A. Harland

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