Explaining Christian origins and early Judaism contributions from cognitive and social science / [electronic resource] :
edited by Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen & Risto Uro.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2007.
- viii, 327 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Biblical interpretation series, v. 89 0928-0731 ; .
- Biblical interpretation series ; v. 89. .
Proceedings of a symposium held Aug.-Sept. 2005 at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Social and cognitive perspectives in the study of Christian origins and early Judaism / Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro -- The promise of cognitive science for the study of early Christianity / Luther H. Martin -- The mystery of the stolen body : exploring Christian origins / Ilkka Pyysiäinen -- The emergence of early Christian religion : a naturalistic approach / István Czachesz -- A cognitive approach to ritual systems in first-century Judaism / Kimmo Ketola -- Gnostic rituals from a cognitive perspective / Risto Uro -- Conceptual blending in the Exegesis on the soul / Hugo Lundhaug -- Conceptual blending and early Christian imagination / Vernon K. Robbins -- The sociology of knowledge, the social identity approach and the cognitive science of religion / Petri Luomanen -- "Remember my fetters" : memorialisation of Paul's imprisonment / Philip F. Esler -- Social identities and group phenomena in Second temple Judaism / Raimo Hakola -- Social identity in the Qumran movement : the case of the penal code / Jutta Jokiranta -- Epilogue / Troels Engberg-Pedersen.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
Christianity--Origin--Congresses. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses. Judaism--History--Congresses. Psychology, Religious. Christianity--Psychology. Judaism--Psychology. Vroege christendom. Jodendom. Cognitiewetenschap. Sociologische aspecten.