Inhalt: | This volume presents case studies of the phenomena that contributed to group identity in Late Antique Syria-Mesopotamia, in particular traditions reflecting interactions between Judaism and Christianity, among various Christian groups, and among other religious traditions of late antiquity (such as Zoroastrianism or 'paganism'). By studying Christian, Jewish and other sources that deal with the establishment, modification and deletion of boundaries, the authors seek to create a frame of reference that will in turn explain and contextualise the existing evidence concerning communication and interaction between highly diverse groups in Late Antiquity Theodore of Mopsuestia and the Greek-Syriac divide of Syrian Christianity -- Chapter one: Transformed Christology in response to crises -- Chapter two: Progressive revelation and human development in Christ -- Chapter three: Anthropology and soteriology -- Chapter four: On Jews and Judaism -- Syriac Christians and Jews in Syro-Mesopotamian cultural setting -- Chapter five: Syriac and rabbinic narratives on Zoroastrian oral culture : the case of a Persian convert -- Chapter six: Broader cultural patterns in Jewish and Christian discourse -- Chapter seven: Competition for sacred space : Bar Sauma's vita and rabbinic traditions |
