Social Memory Theory and Conceptions of Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity / / edited by Thomas R. Hatina, Jiří Lukeš.

• Superior document: Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible ; 8
• TeilnehmendeR: Hatina, Thomas R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn : : Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible ; 8.; Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity: Navigating Competing Conceptions as Products of Social Memory /
• ISBN: 3657796215
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thomas R. Hatina, Jiří Lukeš.

Why are conceptions of afterlife so diverse in both Jewish and Christian antiquity? This collection of essays offers explanations for this diversity through the lens of social memory theory. The contributors attempt to understand how and why received traditions about the afterlife needed to be altered, invented and even forgotten if they were to have relevance in the present. Select ancient texts conveying the hopes and fears of the afterlife are viewed as products of transmission processes that appropriated the past in conformity with identity constructs of each community. The range of literature in this collection spans from the earliest receptions of Israelite traditions within early Judaism to the Patristic/Rabbinic period.