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)

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity: Navigating Competing Conceptions as Products of Social Memory / Thomas R. Hatina -- The Nightmare of Sheol and the Counter-Memories of Yahwism / Craig C. Broyles -- Ancient Egyptian Judgment of the Dead in Visual Memory of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature / Jiří Janák -- Remembering the Martyrs in 2 and 4 Maccabees / David Cielontko -- Isaac’s Death and Resurrection Remembered: Reception History, Cultural Memory, and the Aqedah in Jewish Tradition / Bradford A. Anderson -- Mnemonic Cross-pollination: Water Symbolism and the Fluidity of Resurrection Memory / Anthony Le Donne -- From Romans to Colossians: Making Sense of Competing Conceptions of Resurrection / Kyle R. L. Parsons -- Re-membering Life after Death: Constructing, Receiving, and Contesting the Pauline Body / Frederick S. Tappenden -- Additional Notes to an Unfinished Symphony: Resurrection and Afterlife According to Mark / Sandra Huebenthal -- Sexual Asceticism and Eternal Life in the Acts of Paul and Thecla : A Collective and Cultural Memory Perspective / Jiří Lukeš -- “And I saw another place …” ( ApcPet 21): The Greek Apocalypse of Peter and its Otherworldly Landscape of Memories / Tobias Nicklas -- Advanced Knowledge of Afterlife: Reading the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity as a Memory Text / Christian Handschuh -- Form Criticism vs. Memory Theory on the Resurrection Narratives / Zeba Crook -- Explaining Competing Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts: A Social Memory Approach / Stu Talené -- When the Saints Go Marching In: Remembering Vengeance and Vindication in Matthew 27:52–53 / Thomas R. Hatina -- List of Contributors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.