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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 54, Issue 2, 2000
Volume 54, Issue 2, 2000
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The Passion of Perpetua and the Development of Early Christian Afterlife
*This article is the abbreviated, annotated version of the fourth of the six Read Tuckwell Lectures, which I had the privilege to deliver at the University of Bristol in May 1995 and which will appear in the near future under the title The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife. I am most grateful to Ton Hilhorst and the editors of this journal for their criticisms and observations.
By J.N. BremmerAbstractIn this article it is shown that the outlines of the Christian view of the afterlife were already fully developed around AD 200 in the Passion ofPerpetua. The main focus of this view was heaven, whereas hell received much less attention. Some of the basic elements, such as heaven and the resurrection, derived from the New Testament, which, in turn, was influenced by contemporary Jewish traditions, especially by apocalypses. Others, such as the prominence of light and the soulbody opposition, derived from Greco-Roman traditions. Finally, a few ideas, such as the multitude of blessed and the affectionate relationship with Christ, were typically Christian. The main stimulus for the development of these ideas must have been the persecutions and discussions with heterodox traditions.
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Paulus en zijn zending
More LessAbstractIn this article the author argues for a reconstruction of Pauls mission in which the prime focus of this mission is found in the proclamation of the gospel. It is argued that proselytising mission was a new, Christian habit, which was caused by the content of the gospel. The gospel intended the salvation of those who confessed Christ. Paul directed his proclamation of the gospel to the Gentiles because of his perception of the fundamental unity of Jew and Greek in Christ.
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Two Centuries of Midrash Study: A Survey of Some Standard Works on Rabbinic Midrash and its Methods
More LessAbstractThis paper offers an overview and discussion of some standard works about the study of midrash and its methods, starting with the Wissenschaft des Judentums in the 19th century. Isaac Heinemann was the first to present a more or less complete survey of midrashic method in his work Darkhe haAggadah (1949). But Heinemann himself already stood in a tradition of midrash study, initiated by Leopold Zunz in his seminal work Die gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden historisch entwickelt (1832). Two relatively recent works retrace the footsteps of Heinemann, i.e. Jonah Fraenkel’s, Darkhe haAggadah vehaMidrash (1991) and Daniel Boyarin’s, Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash (1990). In addition to these works, other relevant studies about the subject are discussed briefly.
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Denken van Wie ons ontsnapt
Rationele theologie en de transcendentie van God*Deze titel is een zinspeling op de titel van W. Derkse (red ), Denken van wat ons ontsnapt: Essays over de relevantie van de metafysica. Kampen 1996.
Authors: Marcel Sarot & Arjan MarkusAbstractBuilding on analyses by HJ. Adriaanse and R. de Sousa, the authors try to show that the fact that God transcends human thought need not be an obstacle for the articulation of a rational theology. They distinguish between two criteria for evaluative rationality: material and formal rationality. Materially, God should be said to be perfectly rational; formally, however, God should be viewed as suprarationally irrational. However, this metaphysical assertion in no way reduces the logical rationality of God-talk, and only has limited implications for the epistemological rationality of our knowledge of God.
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