New Testament, Early Christianity, and MagicBRILL, 1996 - 292 Seiten These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the "hermeneutics of suspicion" to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored. The essays of Volume I center on the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament"), Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, of Volume II on the Christian Bible ("New Testament"), Early Christianity and Ancient Magic. Volume II also contains an assessment of Smith's scholarly achievement and a complete list of his publications. |
Inhalt
On the History of the Divine Man | 28 |
Robbers Jurists Prophets and Magicians | 39 |
Ascent to the Heavens and the Beginning of Christianity | 47 |
Two Ascended to Heaven Jesus and the Author of 4Q491 11 1 | 68 |
The Origin and History of the Transfiguration Story | 79 |
The Reason for the Persecution of Paul and | 87 |
Pauline Worship as Seen by Pagans | 95 |
Pauls Arguments as Evidence of the Christianity from which | 103 |
The Account of Simon Magus in Acts 8 | 140 |
De Superstitione Plutarch Moralia 164E171F | 152 |
The History of the Term Gnostikos | 183 |
On the History of APOKALYPTO and APOKALYPSIS | 194 |
How Magic Was Changed By the Triumph of Christianity | 208 |
P Leid J 395 PGM XIII and Its Creation Legend | 227 |
The Angels | 235 |
The Jewish Elements in the Magical Papyri 242 | 275 |
3549 Rom 635 | 110 |
Salvation in the Gospels Paul and the Magical Papyri 13 30 | 130 |
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New Testament, Early Christianity, and Magic Morton Smith,Shaye J. D. Cohen Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: New Testament, early Christianity, and magic Morton Smith Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1996 |
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