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Title |
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Shipwrecked on a Desert Island: The Barren Isolation of “Christian Origins” - Worth More than Many Sparrows |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
William Arnal; University of Regina; Canada |
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Religious Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
academic study of religion; Christianity; Willi Braun; Toronto School; religion in antiquity; Method & Theory in the Study of Religion; religious data; Christian origins; biblical studies |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
academic study of religion; Christianity; biblical studies |
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Description |
Abstract |
This article argues that the unreflective categorization of ancient documents associated with Jesus-people as “Christian” serves to distort in fundamental ways our understanding of the circumstances and agenda of the production of these documents. Using the Gospels of Thomas and of Mark as test cases, the paper explores how bracketing the “Christian” status of these writings allows for new insights into the function and use of biographical writing about Jesus, a function and use that establishes the tradents of these gospels as enmeshed and engaged in the broader Graeco-Roman culture of their environment. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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03-Feb-2023 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/43713 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.43713 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Worth More than Many Sparrows |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |