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Jewish-Christian Interpretation of the Pentateuch in the Pseudo-Clementi

ISBN-13: 9780800699772
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
By Donald H. Carlson
Price: AUD $128.00
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Local release date: 01/09/2013
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: The Early Church [HRCC1]

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Google Preview: The pseudo-Clementine writings are one of the most intriguing and valuable sources for early Jewish Christianity. They offer a second- or third-century polemic against the form of Christianity that eventually won out, the Gentile-majority, law-free Christianity that took Paul as its champion. Carlson's interest here is in the highly unusual theory expressed in the Homilies that the Pentateuch is saturated with "false pericopes," and that the teaching of Jesus, the "true prophet," is the criterion for establishing what the Pentateuch really means. This, creative study examines the pseudo-Clementine writings and sheds light on our understanding of the early Jewish followers of Jesus.; Donald H. Carlson teaches Classics at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He received his Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.; "In a thorough and accessible monograph, Donald H. Carlson discusses the origins, logic and justification of the so-called false pericopes theory as found in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies. This is an interesting and helpful contribution both to our understanding of evolving hermeneutical theories among early Christians and the extent to which such theories emerged from a wider Jewish, pagan, as well as Christian, world." James Carleton Paget University of Cambridge "Jewish-Christian Interpretation of the Pentateuch illumines well late antique approaches to reading Scripture and offers a timely examination of the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies, a work that every scholar of early Christianity should know. Donald Carlson is to be commended for this fascinating study." Kelley CoblentzBautch St. Edward's University "Carlson's work is a fresh exploration of one of the most curious aspects of the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies, namely its assumption that falsehoods exist within the Jewish Scripture. Understanding the theological layers of this assumption is key to unlocking this complex text as well as further illuminating the various ways Christians interpreted the Bible. Carlson's insightful analysis offers much-needed clarification on a cryptic subject." Kevin Vaccarella John Tyler Community College; Google Preview content