The Origin of Heresy : A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity.
Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of 'heresy' in the rhetoric of ideological disagreements in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts and in the development of the po...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. |
Series: | Routledge Studies in Religion Ser.
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Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- PART I Genealogy of a Discourse
- 1 The Origin of Heresy
- 2 The Rhetoric of Difference in Israel
- 3 Reform and Revolution in the Roman Empire: John the Baptist and the Disciples of Jesus
- 4 Paul and the Rhetoric of Difference
- 5 The Christian Gospels as Narratives of Exclusion
- PART II The Politics of Heresy
- 6 Policing the Boundaries: The Politics of Heresiology
- 7 The Politics of Orthodoxy
- 8 Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.