Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity
Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period.
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Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity
Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period.
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Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

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Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period.

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ISBN-13: 9783506796219
Publisher: Brill Deutschland
Publication date: 12/01/2022
Series: Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible , #8
Pages: 405
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
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