The making of Christianity : conflicts, contacts, and constructions ; essays in honor of Bengt Holmberg /
edited by Magnus Zetterholm and Samuel Byrskog.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 464 pages).
- Coniectanea Biblica. New Testament series, 47 0069-8946 ; .
- Coniectanea biblica. New Testament series ; 47. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-438) and index.
From memory to memoirs : tracing the background of a literary genre / Gentile identity and transformation in Christ according to Paul / Baptism and the formation of identity / The legal status of the earliest Christian churches / Basic facts about the synoptic parables : what they are and what they are not / "Their wives are as chaste as virgins, their daughters modest" : the role of women in early Christian apologetics / Pope Benedict's historical validation of Jesus' incarnation / Constructing the Galilee of Jesus in an age of ethnic identity / Johannine Christians : members of a renewed covenant? : Jewish/Christian identity according to the Johannine letters / Was there a Christian mission before the fourth century? : problematizing common ideas about early Christianity and the beginnings of modern mission / Statues and identity : Dion of Prusa's (Dio Chrysostomos) Rhodian discourse (Or. 31) and the New Testament / Ephesus and power : early Christian textual prototypes of authority in a local perspective / The letter to the Romans and Paul's plural identity : a dialogical self in dialogue with Judaism and Christianity / Misquoting manuscripts? : the orthodox corruption of scripture revisited / The Judaism Paul left behind him / "Will the real Gentile-Christian please stand up!" : Torah and the crisis of identity formation / Samuel Byrskog -- William S. Campbell -- Adela Yarbro Collins -- James D.G. Dunn -- Birger Gerhardsson -- Judith M. Lieu -- Dieter Mitternacht -- Halvor Moxnes -- Birger Olsson -- Anders Runesson -- Karl Olav Sandnes -- Mikael Tellbe -- Gerd Theissen -- Tommy Wasserman -- Stephen Westerholm -- Magnus Zetterholm.
Bengt Holmberg is widely known and respected as one of the pioneers of the sociological study of the New Testament. His dissertation, Paul and Power, published by CWK Gleerup in 1978 and by Fortress Press in 1980, was among the first studies to use sociological theory to explore and more deeply understand the Pauline letters, and it set the agenda for much future research. Partly on the basis of his conviction that the ultimate reality escapes scholarly analytical categories, Holmberg always sensed both the advantages and the dangers of sociological approaches to the study of religious phenomena. This perception was discussed with much insight and expanded in his second monograph, Sociology and the New Testament, published by Fortress Press in 1990. In recent years, he has continued to publish prolifically on this topic, and his recent efforts have focused on what culminated in a 2008 article published in Exploring Christian Identity. This volume, a celebration of the life and work of Prof. Holmberg, derives its focal point from his core interests and celebrates his long commitment to Lund University, where he spent much of his academic life. The essays presented here come from former students and an international assemblage of colleagues and admirers; they pay tribute to his efforts to integrate sociological research and approaches with New Testament studies and the development of early Christianity. --
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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. EDUCATION--Philosophy & Social Aspects. Church history--Primitive and early church.