Verheyden / Bieringer / Schröter Docetism in the Early Church

The Quest for an Elusive Phenomenon
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-16-155906-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 402, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

This volume studies the ways modern research has tried to detect traces of Docetism in ancient sources, including the gospels and the Johannine epistles and several second-century authors. As a concept, Docetism is often used in scholarly literature for denoting loosely connected or even quite different phenomena or doctrines that all have to do with defining the nature of Christ and the reality of the incarnation and passion of Jesus. The essays presented here approach the topic from a new angle by focusing on the ancient documents themselves instead of staying on a purely theoretical or dogmatic level, while at the same time critically re-examining the historical contexts in which these were produced and first circulated. In some cases, this serves to once more reveal the hidden agendas that have guided modern scholars in their discussion of these topics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verheyden, Joseph

Bieringer, Reimund

Schröter, Jens

Jäger, Ines

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Jäger, Ines
is a PhD student at KU Leuven and HU Berlin.

Bieringer, Reimund
is Professor of New Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven.

Schröter, Jens
is Professor of Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament and the Ancient Christian Apocrypha at the Faculty of Theology of the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Verheyden, Joseph
is Professor of New Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the KU Leuven.