Christian Myth

Origins, Logic, and Legacy

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

This book traces Burton Mack's intellectual evolution, from a creative analyst of ancient texts, to a scholar searching for the motives and interests of Jesus's followers who composed those texts, and for the social logic of "the Christian myths" they created. Mack rejects depictions of Jesus that have emerged from the quest for the "historical Jesus"--peasant teacher, revolutionary leader, mystical visionary or miracle-working prophet--on the grounds that they are based on a priori assumptions about Jesus, and are therefore contradictory. In addition, he argues, these portrayals are untrue to the many images of Jesus produced by the early Christians. Using systematic analysis, Mack seeks to describe and understand the cultural and anthropological influences on the conception and adoption of Christian myths and rituals.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-09-01
Mått:155 x 228 x 18 mm
Vikt:359 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826415431

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Burton L. Mack, Emeritus Professor of Early Christianity at the Claremont School of Theology, is the author of A Myth of Innocence: Mark and Christian Origins; The Lost Gospel: Q and Christian Origins; and Who Wrote the New Testament: The Making of the Christian Myth.

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"His book reminds the church that the New Testament is a book one needs to learn how to read, and that the extravagant claims of Christianity are not honoured when accompanied by cultural imperialism. And faith in the person of Jesus is a precarious and astonishing gift - not a self-evident truth to be read off the page of the Gospels." --Church Times 11/10/02

Innehållsförteckning

Prolog: Mythmaking ThenPart I: Setting Aside the Gospels1. The Historical Jesus Hoopla2. The Case for a Cynic-like Jesus3. On Redescribing Christian OriginPart II: Constructing a Social Theory4. Explaining Religion: A Theory of Social Interests5. Explaining Christian Mythmaking: A Theory of Social LogicPart III: Tracing the Logic and Legacy6. Innocence, Power, and Purity in the Christian Imagination7. Christ and the Creation of a Monocratic Culture8. The Christian Myth and the Christian NationEpilog: Mythmaking NowAnnex: The Christian Origins Project