Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to RetrospectionCambridge University Press, 14.03.2019 - 485 Seiten Despite novel approaches to the study of Early Christianity - New Historicity, New Philology, Gender and Queer Studies; many turns - Material, Linguistic, Cultural; and developments in Reception History, Cultural Transfer, and Entangled History, much scholarship on this topic differs little from that written a century ago. In this study, Markus Vinzent challenges the interpretation of the sources that have been used in the study of the Early Christian era. He brings a new approach to the topic by reading history backwards. Applying this methodology to four case studies, and using a range of media, he poses radically new questions on the famous 'Abercius' inscription, on the first extant apologist Aristides of Athens, on the prolific Hippolytus of Rome, and on Ignatius and the first non-canonical collection of letters. Vinzent's novel methodology of a retrospective writing thus challenges many fundamental and anachronistic assumptions about Early Christian history. |
Inhalt
Turning History Upside Down | 1 |
Pious Fraud Now and Then? | 77 |
A Manifold Enigma | 162 |
Renaissance Humanism | 168 |
Apologetics and Narratives | 196 |
Bar Kokhba | 216 |
A Mysterious Martyr | 266 |
A Short Preface at the End | 465 |
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Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospection Markus Vinzent Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospection Markus Vinzent Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abercius Alexander Amazon Anazarbus Antioch Antoninus Pius Apology Aristides Armenian Bar Kokhba bishop Brent Cambridge chapter Christentum Church Codex cont critical cultural Cureton Dölger earlier early Christian edition Emperor epistles Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea fourth century fragments Greek Hadrianus Harnack hence Hieropolis Hippolytus Hippolytus of Rome historiography holy Ibid IgnAnt Ignatian letters Ignatius IgnEph IgnHer IgnMag IgnMarC IgnPhil IgnPhilad IgnPol IgnRom IgnSm IgnTar IgnTral inscription Irenaeus Jesus Christ Jewish Jews John Kinzig Latin Lightfoot 1889 long recension manuscripts MarCIgn Martyrdom Mary Mary’s letter mentioned middle recension Mitchell monument narrative parallel PolPhil Polycarp postmodern Pouderon present quotes recension IgnEph recension Middle recension redactor retrospective Roman Rome scholars second century seven letters short recension statue Sukkot Symeon Metaphrastes Syriac Theodor Zahn theological Thonemann TIpós tombstone Töv tradition translation University Press Ussher Vinzent Vita Abercii writing Zahn καὶ τοῦ