Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 554 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 554 g
Reihe: Studies of Religion in Africa
ISBN: 978-90-04-50769-2
Verlag: Brill
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte Afrikanische Geschichte: vorkolonial
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on Original Publication
Preface
1 Defining Messianic Judaism: Historical, Textual, and Metacontextual Considerations
1 Demarcatory Strategies
2 First-Century Models
3 Assimilation and Modernity
4 Summing Up: Modern-Day Practices and Perspectives
2 Contextualizing Messianic Identities in Current (Africanist) Academic Scholarship
1 Suspicious Minds
2 The Place of Messianic Adherents in African Jewish Studies
3 Reasons for This Book: A Personal Note
3 First-Century Christians in Gabon: History, Origins, and Motivations
1 Contexts and Foci
2 Perceptions of Jewish Metahistory
3 Fang and Jews: Intersections and Associations
4 Virtual Avatars
5 Community Demographics and Motivations
6 Informational Influences
4 First-Century Christians in Gabon, Continued: Community Structure, Observance, and Worldviews
1 Modes of Observance: Models and Perspectives
2 Polygamy: Another Precolonial “Jewish” Practice
3 Welcoming the Sabbath
4 The Spirit World
5 Conceptual Categories: Polemics and Their Others
5 First-Century Christians in Madagascar: History, Origins, and Motivations
1 Neither Here nor There: Madagascar on the Margins of Africa
2 Madagascar as a Recurring Jewish Topos
3 Sagas of Migration and Incorporation
4 Preaching to the Choir
5 Chasing a Community: Circuitous Beginnings
6 First-Century Christians in Madagascar, Continued: Community Structure, Observance, and Worldviews
1 Sympathetic and Not-So-Sympathetic Onlookers
2 The Rupture Begins
3 (Re-)Joining the Messianic Fold: Motivations and Perspectives
4 Modes of Ritual Observance
5 Cut from the Same Cloth, After All?
7 Conclusion
1 Recapping: Major Themes, Contexts, Frameworks, and Foci
2 Discursive, Epistemic, and Ontological Commonalities
3 Implications for Future Research
Bibliography
Index