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Response to the Other
eBook - Jews and Christians in an Age of Paganism (The Greco-Roman World from 500 BCE-500 CE)
ISBN/EAN: 9781725285750
Umbreit-Nr.: 2125509
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 194 S.
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Erschienen am 20.10.2020
Auflage: 1/2020
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DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- Human beings seek meaning and purpose. To do so, we tell stories about the past, which we call history, and stories about what will occur in the future, constructed from memory and imagination. History is not a subject we study, but one we live. History is our medium, as water is to fish. No period of antiquity is more informative and influential for Western civilization than the Greco-Roman, the period from the time of Alexander the Great to the fall of the Roman Empire, an age that saw the emergence of Judaism and Christianity--twin traditions shaped against the background of pagan dominance. The meeting between Jew and Greek, Christian and pagan, revolutionized the ancient world. It represented a crucial moment in the history of Western society, when politics, economics, culture, and religion took a new turn. In time, these separate streams mingled and merged, forming the single and ever-widening current that gave birth to modernity.Moving against the stream of religious exclusivism, this book does not seek to further the cause of one particular religious perspective, but rather to gain insight on how ancient pagans, Jews, and Christians interacted with one another. This study advances contemporary attempts at dialogue and cooperation, enabling people of differing agendas to focus their energy on finding solutions to problems plaguing our planet.Response to the Other has much to offer specialists and non-specialists alike. This work can be used as a study guide, the questions at the end of each chapter suitable for individual or group use.
- Autorenportrait
- Robert P. Vande Kappelle, professor emeritus of religious studies at Washington& Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), is the author of over twenty books, including biblical studies and commentaries. Vande Kappelle has also written volumes on ethics, church history, and theology, including<i>The New Creation</i> (2018),<i>Addiction</i> (2019),<i>The Second Journey</i> (2020), and his sampler volume,<i>Adventures in Spirituality</i> (2020).<br>