ISBN:
9789047409236
,
9789004150522
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 12
Series Statement:
Jewish and Christian Perspectives Online, ISBN: 9789004427556
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als A Holy People: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Religious Communal Identity
Keywords:
Holiness Judaism
;
History
;
Holiness Christianity
;
History of doctrines
Abstract:
A Holy People investigates the various ways in which Jews and Christians define their religious identity, people or community, as being holy. Keeping in mind that historical studies can offer food for thought regarding contemporary issues, the study offers a large collection of essays, relating to the biblical, patristic and medieval period and especially to the modern period. The obvious question of many in the modern world as to whether the attribute of the ‘holiness’ allows for acknowledgement of authentic religion outside the own religious community, deserves an honest answer and well-documented study: too easily the claim of holiness intertwines with claims of power, whether by rivalling groups within the religious community, by groups divided along gender lines, or on the level of territorial claims. It will be of special importance to scholars and general readers interested in an interdisciplinary approach to theology, rabbinics, history, political science, and much more
DOI:
10.1163/9789047409236
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