Explaining Christian origins and early Judaism : contributions from cognitive and social science /

The contributors of the volume draw on cognitive and social science, suggesting fresh ways of approaching Christian origins and early Judaism. Its multidisciplinary and radically new perspective to its subject matter is highly relevant for all scholars of religion.

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Other Authors: Luomanen, Petri, 1961-, Pyysiäinen, Ilkka, Uro, Risto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Biblical interpretation series ; v. 89.
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Table of Contents:
  • Social and cognitive perspectives in the study of Christian origins and early Judaism / Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro
  • The promise of cognitive science for the study of early Christianity / Luther H. Martin
  • The mystery of the stolen body : exploring Christian origins / Ilkka Pyysiäinen
  • The emergence of early Christian religion : a naturalistic approach / István Czachesz
  • A cognitive approach to ritual systems in first-century Judaism / Kimmo Ketola
  • Gnostic rituals from a cognitive perspective / Risto Uro
  • Conceptual blending in the Exegesis on the soul / Hugo Lundhaug
  • Conceptual blending and early Christian imagination / Vernon K. Robbins
  • The sociology of knowledge, the social identity approach and the cognitive science of religion / Petri Luomanen
  • "Remember my fetters" : memorialisation of Paul's imprisonment / Philip F. Esler
  • Social identities and group phenomena in Second temple Judaism / Raimo Hakola
  • Social identity in the Qumran movement : the case of the penal code / Jutta Jokiranta
  • Epilogue / Troels Engberg-Pedersen.