The Teaching of These Words : : Intertextuality, Social Identity, and Early Christianity / / Jonathan A. Draper, Nancy D. Pardee, and Shawn J. Wilhite.

• VerfasserIn: Draper, Jonathan A.,; Pardee, Nancy D.,; Wilhite, Shawn J.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Pardee, Nancy D.,; Wilhite, Shawn J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill bV,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; The Bible in Ancient Christianity ; 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 pages)

What does it mean for a group to speak of its identity and, in contrast, to speak about the “other”? As with all groups, early Christian communities underwent a process of identity formation, and in this process, intertextuality played a role. The choice of biblical texts and imageries, their reception and adaptation, affected how early Christian communities perceived themselves. Conversely, how they perceived themselves affected which texts they were drawn to and how they read and received them. The contributors to this volume examine how early Christian authors used Scripture and related texts and, in turn, how those texts shaped the identity of their communities.

Table of Contents

Clayton N. Jefford: A Brief Biography -- Susan Sanders Jefford -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Shawn J. Wilhite -- 1 Diverse and Contrasting Values of Priesthood in Second-Century Christian Texts -- Joseph G. Mueller, S.J. -- 2 The Social Identity of the Travelers between the Early Communities of Jesus-Followers -- Thomas O’Loughlin -- 3 Ritual Practice and Identity Formation in Early Christianity -- Jonathan Schwiebert -- 4 “An Image in Place of an Image”: the Search for Meaning and the Formation of Identity -- Stephen J. Patterson -- 5 Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and the Catechesis of Gentiles in the Didache -- Jonathan A. Draper -- 6 Salvation by One Step or Two? The Didache, Acts and the Background to Galatians -- Alan Garrow -- 7 The “Yoke of the Lord” and the Community of the Didache, The Debate Continues -- Nancy D. Pardee -- 8 “You Must Love Those Who Hate You”: Social Oppression and the Sectio evangelica in the Didache’s Two Ways -- Shawn J. Wilhite -- 9 Reading Community: Election, Salvation History, and Christian Identity in 1 Clement -- Stephen O. Presley -- 10 Abraham’s 318 Circumcised Men and the Figure of Eliezer (Lazarus) in Barnabas 9.8 -- Clare K. Rothschild -- 11 Ritual Practice and Social Formation in Mark and Ignatius of Antioch -- Charles A. Bobertz -- 12 Christian Identity through a Threefold Declaration in the Martyrdom of Polycarp -- Paul Anthony Hartog -- 13 Apocalyptic and Social Identity in the Second Century: Irenaeus’s Reading of John’s Apocalypse -- D. Jeffrey Bingham -- Clayton N. Jefford’s Academic Publications and Contributions -- Index.