Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines

Situating the 'Recognitions' in Fourth Century Syria
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-16-149036-1
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

The Pseudo-Clementines are best known for preserving early "Jewish Christian" traditions, but have not been appreciated as a resource for understanding the struggles over identity and orthodoxy among fourth-century Christians, Jews, and pagans. Using the work of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, Nicole Kelley analyzes the rhetorical strategies employed by the Recognitions. These strategies discredit the knowledge of philosophers and astrologers, and establish Peter and Clement as the exclusive stewards of prophetic knowledge, which has been handed down to them by Jesus. This analysis reveals that the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions is not a jumbled collection of earlier source materials, as previous interpreters have thought, but a coherent narrative concerned primarily with epistemological issues. The author understands the Recognitions as a reflection of complex rivalries between several types of Christian and non-Christian groups such as that found in fourth-century Antioch or Edessa.

Zielgruppe

Scholars interested in New Testament and the history of Religion, corresponding libraries and institutes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelley, Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Apokryphen, Pseudepigraphen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Kelley, Nicole
Born 1975; 2003 Ph.D. in The Study of Religion, Harvard University; currently Assistant Professor of Religion at Florida State University.

Born 1975; 2003 Ph.D. in The Study of Religion, Harvard University; currently Assistant Professor of Religion at Florida State University.