Persuasion and Dissuasion in Early Christianity, Ancient Judaism, and Hellenism

by MJJ Menken (Editor), JFM Smit (Editor), PW van der Horst (Editor), G Van Oyen (Editor)

Overview

In 2001, scholars working in the fields of early Christianity, ancient Judaism, and Hellenism at the Faculty of Theology of Utrecht University and the Catholic Theological University in Utrecht started a new research program called "Judaism, Christianity, and Hellenism in Interaction". To mark its start, a small conference on religious propaganda in antiquity was organized in January 2002; on this occasion the group presented itself, and some guests from abroad were also invited to join in. The ten conference papers have been brought together in this volume. The terms "persuasion" and "dissuasion" cover both "propaganda" and "protreptics" as well as "apologetics" and "polemics", and it is these four aspects of ancient religious discourse which are addressed. Persuasion and dissuasion have their natural setting in a context of cultural, or religious, interaction. The common aim of the papers is to contribute to the fascinating study of pluriform religious interaction in antiquity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789042912809
Publisher:	Peeters Publishing
Publication date:	06/17/2003
Series:	Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology , #33
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	3
	Introduction	5
	Propaganda in the Cult of Isis	9
	Anti-Samaritan Propaganda in Early Judaism	25
	Der Aristeasbrief zwischen Abgrenzung und Selbstdarstellung	45
	Protreptik und Polemik bei Josephus: Eine Einleitung in sein Contra Apionem	65
	Trustworthy Dreams? About Dreams and References to Scripture in 2 Maccabees 14-15, Josephus' Antiquitates Judaicae 11.302-347, and in the New Testament	87
	Propagating a New OIKO[Sigma]: A Rhetorical Reading of Mark 10:17-31	109
	Irony as Propaganda in Mark 15:39?	125
	Romans 15:14-29 and Paul's Missionary Agenda	143
	Die Au[beta]enseiter als Avantgarde: Gesellschaftliche Ausgrenzung als missionarische Chance nach dem 1. Petrusbrief	161
	Fulfilment of Scripture as a Propaganda Tool in Early Christianity	179
	Index of Authors	199
	Index of Passages	203