Shadowy Characters and Fragmentary Evidence: The Search for Early Christian Groups and Movements

Verheyden, Joseph

ISBN 10: 3161540859 / ISBN 13: 9783161540851

Published by Mohr Siebeck, 2018

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2018. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9783161540851

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadowy Characters and Fragmentary Evidence: The Search for Early Christian Groups and Movements
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3161540859
• ISBN 13: 9783161540851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that dealt with heavily fragmented texts and hypothetical sources, and the "shadowy" characters and movements they feature. These two aspects are combined and studied to ascertain how they have been handled in the history of research, to find out what they reveal about the community or the group expressing itself through (or hiding behind) them, and to establish the role these documents and figures or groups should be given in reconstructing an overall picture of developments in the theology and religious life of early Christianity. As can be imagined, such documents and sources have sometimes been taken as an open invitation to come up with all sorts of highly creative exegesis, adventurous reconstructions of texts and movements, and quite daring suggestions about identifying particular groups or presumed literary influences between documents. The essays contribute to the writing of a critical history of researching these types of documents and movements.

About the Authors

is Professor of New Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the KU Leuven.

Geboren 1967; 2000 Dr. theol.; 2005-07 Professor für Neues Testament an der Radboud Universität Nimwegen, Niederlande; seit 2007 Professor für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments an der Universität Regensburg; Research Associate an der University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Südafrika; seit 2018 Leiter des Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon" an der Universität Regensburg; seit 2019 Adjunct Ordinary Professor an der Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA.

Geboren 1986; seit 2012 Doctoral Researcher in der Reserach Unit Biblical Studies an der theologischen Fakultät der KU Leuven (Prof. Dr. Joseph Verheyden); Free Research Associate an der KU Leuven; seit 2018 Programmplanerin Theologie bei der Verlagsgruppe Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.