Social memory and social identity in the study of early Judaism and early christianity / / Samuel Byrskog, Raimo Hakola, Jutta Jokiranta, editors.

• Superior document: Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus / Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments (NTOA/StUNT). ; v.116
• TeilnehmendeR: Byrskog, Samuel,; Hakola, Raimo,; Jokiranta, Jutta,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: German
• Series: Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus, Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments. Series Archaeologica.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Title Page; Copyright; Body; Raimo Hakola/Samuel Byrskog/Jutta Jokiranta: Introduction; Social and Collective Memory; Social Identity Approach; The Articles of the Book; I Social Memory; Samuel Byrskog: Philosophical Aspects on Memory: Aristotle, Augustine and Bultmann; Memory in Perspective; Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia; Augustine, Confessiones; Bultmann, Jesus and The Presence of Eternity; Conclusions; Alan Kirk: The Formation of the Synoptic Tradition: Cognitive and Cultural Approaches to an Old Problem; Mental Schemas, Cultural Schemas, and Memory Formation

Memory in Communications Media: Genres, Gattungen, FormsFrom "Collaborative Remembering" to Tradition Artifacts; Cognitive-Cultural Coupling: Tradition as Cybernetic Memory; Whatever Happened to the Eyewitness Memories?; Tradition as an Autonomous Cognitive System; Oral and Written Media; Making Sense of the Synoptic Tradition; Sandra Huebenthal: Reading the Gospel of Mark as Collective Memory; Social Memory Theory and the New Testament; Reading Mark as Collective Memory, or: what does the Gospel of Mark narrate beyond the story of Jesus?

Please join in: How the Gospel invites recipients to become part of itTechnical observations, or: how does the narration achieve its goals?; Concluding remarks: Was the Markan concept successful?; Kari Syreeni: Eyewitness Testimony, First-Person Narration and Authorial Presence as Means of Legitimation in Early Gospel Literature; Introduction; Mark; Matthew; Luke; John; The Gospel of Thomas; The Gospel of Peter; The Gospel of Mary; Jewish Christian Gospels; Infancy Gospels; Conclusion: "The Mnemonic Trajectory" in a Literary and Socio-Cognitive Perspective

Dan Nässelqvist: Dual Conventions: The Oral Delivery of New Testament Writings in Light of First-Century Delivery PracticesThe Uniform Model: Oral Performance; A More Diversified Model: Tellings and Public Readings; Distinguishing the Types; Oral Performance; Public Reading; Fitting New Testament Writings into the Picture; A Comparison of the Two Types; Conclusions; II Social Identity; Cecilia Wassén: The Importance of Marriage in the Construction of a Sectarian Identity in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Introduction; General Views on Marriage and Sexual Relations; 4QMMT; Social Identity Approach

Social Identity and Religious Texts