Maidens, Magic and Martyrs in Early Christianity: Collected Essays 1

By:

Bremmer, Jan N [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament - 379 | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 379.Publication details: Tubingen Mohr Siebeck 2017Description: 501p 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783161544507

DDC classification:

C25 B750

Contents:

Subject(s): Apocryphal books | Apostles | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Summary: Why did the early followers of Jesus call themselves "Christians"? What was their social and religious capital? Why did Christianity attract both poor widows and wealthy women? What did pagans think of early Christians? Integrating the major apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in the study of Christianity and the ancient world, Jan N. Bremmer illustrates their prominence of women and their, sometimes surprisng, usage of magic as well as establishing a new chronology and place of composition for these Acts. He also shows that the early Christian tours of hell derive from Jewish and Greek models, although they become increasingly Christianised. The author concludes by decoding the intriguing visions in the 'Passion of Perpetua' by placing them in the contemporary world, thereby compelling us to sympathize with the hopes and fears of young Christian martyrs. It is the close attention to both pagan and Christian traditions that make these papers, which have all been updated and some of them revised, an exciting read for scholars and advanced students alike.

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Collection of texts published previously.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subject(s): Apocryphal books | Apostles | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Why did the early followers of Jesus call themselves "Christians"? What was their social and religious capital? Why did Christianity attract both poor widows and wealthy women? What did pagans think of early Christians? Integrating the major apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in the study of Christianity and the ancient world, Jan N. Bremmer illustrates their prominence of women and their, sometimes surprisng, usage of magic as well as establishing a new chronology and place of composition for these Acts. He also shows that the early Christian tours of hell derive from Jewish and Greek models, although they become increasingly Christianised. The author concludes by decoding the intriguing visions in the 'Passion of Perpetua' by placing them in the contemporary world, thereby compelling us to sympathize with the hopes and fears of young Christian martyrs. It is the close attention to both pagan and Christian traditions that make these papers, which have all been updated and some of them revised, an exciting read for scholars and advanced students alike.

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