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Author(s): Lieu, Judith
ISBN(s): 9780567658814, 0567658813
Edition: 2nd
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Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0567658813 
ISBN 13: 9780567658814
Author: Judith Lieu

A ground-breaking study in the formation of early Christian identity, by one of the world’s leading scholars.In Neither Jew Nor Greek, Judith Lieu explores the formation and shaping of early Christian identity within Judaism and within the wider Graeco-Roman world in the period before 200 C.E. Lieu particularly examines the way that literary texts presented early Christianity. She combines this with interdisciplinary historical investigation and interaction with scholarship on Judaism in late Antiquity and on the Graeco-Roman world.The result is a highly significant contribution to four of the key questions in current New Testament scholarship: how did early Christian identity come to be formed? How should we best describe and understand the processes by which the Christian movement became separate from its Jewish origins? Was there anything special or different about the way women entered Judaism and early Christianity? How did martyrdom contribute to the construction of early Christian identity? The chapters in this volume have become classics in the study of the New Testament and for this Cornerstones edition Lieu provides a new introduction placing them within the academic debate as it is now.

Neither Jew nor Greek Constructing Early Christianity 2nd Table of contents:

Part I: Contexts and Challenges

  • Chapter 1: Defining Early Christianity: Problems and Approaches

    • What is “Early Christianity”?

    • Methodological Challenges in Historical Study

    • Sources and Their Limitations (New Testament, Apocrypha, Patristic Writings, Non-Christian Sources)

    • The “Parting of the Ways” Debate

    • The Interplay of Religious and Social Identity

  • Chapter 2: The Worlds of Early Christianity

    • The Greco-Roman World: Society, Culture, Philosophy, Religion

    • The Diverse World of Second Temple Judaism: Sects, Practices, Diaspora

    • Points of Contact and Conflict

    • Local Contexts and Regional Variations

Part II: Constructing Identity Within Judaism

  • Chapter 3: The Jewish Origins of the Jesus Movement

    • Jesus and His Jewish Context

    • The Jerusalem Church and James

    • Early Jewish-Christian Practices and Beliefs

  • Chapter 4: Paul and the Rethinking of Jewish Identity

    • Paul’s Background and Conversion

    • The Law, Circumcision, and Gentile Inclusion

    • Defining “Israel” and “God’s People” in Paul’s Letters

    • Controversies in Antioch and Jerusalem

  • Chapter 5: Early Christians and the Synagogue

    • The Spectrum of Relationships: From Shared Space to Separation

    • Evidence for Expulsion and Exclusion

    • Debates over Customs and Practices (Dietary Laws, Sabbath)

    • The Development of Christian Self-Definition Against Judaism

Part III: Constructing Identity Within the Greco-Roman World

  • Chapter 6: Early Christians and Roman Society

    • Perceptions of Christians: Misunderstandings and Accusations

    • Social Status and Demographics of Early Christian Communities

    • Family, Household, and Community Life

    • Citizenship, Loyalty, and the Imperial Cult

  • Chapter 7: Christianity and Paganism: Borrowing, Rejecting, Adapting

    • Philosophical Influences (Stoicism, Platonism)

    • Religious Practices (Sacrifice, Mystery Cults)

    • Art, Architecture, and Symbolism

    • Christian Apologetics and Critique of Paganism

  • Chapter 8: The Question of Boundaries and Deviance

    • Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy

    • Internal Debates and Divisions (Gnosticism, Marcionism)

    • External Perceptions of “Otherness”

    • The Role of Ritual and Creed in Boundary Maintenance

Part IV: Texts, Traditions, and Formation

  • Chapter 9: Narrative and Identity: Gospels and Acts

    • How Gospel Narratives Shaped Christian Self-Understanding

    • The Image of Jesus and the Disciples

    • Acts and the Construction of a New Community History

    • The “Othering” of Jews and Romans in Christian Texts

  • Chapter 10: Letters, Community, and Authority

    • The Role of Epistles in Shaping Christian Identity and Practice

    • Concepts of Leadership and Hierarchy

    • Moral Exhortation and the Formation of a Distinct Ethic

    • The Authority of Apostolic Tradition

  • Chapter 11: Martyrdom, Persecution, and a New Self-Understanding

    • The Development of Martyr Theology

    • Martyrdom Narratives as Identity-Forming Literature

    • Persecution as a Catalyst for Christian Identity

    • The Concept of Christian “Virtue” in the Face of Suffering

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