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Crossing Boundaries in Early Judaism and Christianity: Ambiguities, Complexities, and Half-Forgotten Adversaries: Essays in Honor of Alan F. Segal

By Kimberly B. Stratton , Andrea Lieber

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9004332308, 9789004332300
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2143673 bytes)
Series
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 177
Pages
xxii+412\435
Topic
Religion
Time added
2018-04-08 05:00:44
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Description

This volume celebrates the scholarship of Alan Segal. During his prolific career, Alan published ground-breaking studies that shifted scholarly conversations about Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Hellenism and Gnosticism. Like the subjects of his research, Alan crossed many boundaries. He understood that religions do not operate in academically defined silos, but in complex societies populated by complicated human beings. Alan’s work engaged with a variety of social-scientific theories that illuminated ancient sources and enabled him to reveal new angles on familiar material. This interdisciplinary approach enabled Alan to propose often controversial theories about Jewish and Christian origins. A new generation of scholars has been nurtured on this approach and the fields of early Judaism and Christianity emerge radically redefined as a result.

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