UID:
almahu_9949701265502882
Format:
1 online resource (195 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004685710
Series Statement:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2024 3
Content:
This volume argues that Titus's invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concerning Cretan Zeus, Cretan social structure, and Cretan Judaism. He then uses these traditions to interpret Titus and explain how the letter would intersect with and affect readers' identities. Because readers had differing conceptions of Crete based on their location and access to and evaluation of Cretan traditions, readers would have developed their identities in multiple, conflictual, even contradictory ways.
Note:
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /
,
English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete : Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Construction. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. ISBN 9789004685703
Language:
English
