Rituals in Early Christianity

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44097-5
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, Band 164, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

Based on the paradigmatic shift in both liturgical and ritual studies, this multidisciplinary volume presents a collection of case studies on rituals in the early Christian world. After a methodological discussion of the new paradigm, it shows how emblematic Christian rituals were influenced by their Greco-Roman and Jewish contexts, undergoing multiple transformations, while themselves affecting developments both within and outside Christianity. Notably, parallel traditions in Judaism and Islam are included in the discussion, highlighting the importance of ongoing reception history. Focusing on the dynamic character of rituals, the new perspectives on ritual traditions pursued here relate to the expanding source material, both textual and material, as well as the development of recent interdisciplinary approaches, including the cognitive science of religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Geljon, Albert

Vos, Nienke

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Nienke M. Vos, Ph.D. (Utrecht, 2003), is tenured Assistant Professor of Patristics and the Literature of Early Christianity, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She has published on hagiography and was editor, with Willemien Otten, of Demons and the Devil in Ancient and Medieval Christianity (Brill, 2011).

Albert C. Geljon, Ph.D. (Leiden, 2000), teaches classical languages at the Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht. His research focuses on Philo of Alexandria and his influence on patristic authors. With David Runia he recently published Philo of Alexandria. On Planting. Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Brill, 2019).