eBook Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: Volume 2. New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) ePub

1948), Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and T. 1957), Harvard University, was for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City.

1948), Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and T. 1975), Columbia University, was a student of Morton Smith, and is currently Ungerleider Professor and Chair of the Program of Judaic Studies at Brown University. Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World.

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume: 130/2. These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume: 130/2. These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the "hermeneutics of suspicion" to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored.

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Morton Smith, Shaye J. D. Cohen. BRILL, 1996 - 292 pages. Bibliographic information. New Testament, Early Christianity, and Magic Volume 130; Volume 132 of Religions in the Graeco-Roman world Volume 2 of Studies in the cult of Yahweh, by Morton Smith. Morton Smith, Shaye J.

Studies in the Cult of Yahweh : Volume Two; New Testament, Early Christianity, and Magic. Part of the Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Series).

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World - Volume 130/1 The essays in this volume deal with the Old Testament, Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, and historical method.

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World - Volume 130/1. Place of Publication. Leiden, New York, Köln. The essays in this volume deal with the Old Testament, Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, and historical method.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 11, Issue . 35, p. 111. CrossRef. See particularly Smith, Jonathan . ‘Native Cults in the Hellenistic Period’, HR 11 (1971) 236–49.

New Testament, it is more like a spin-off from some well known book. Smith, Morton, (ed) by Shaye J D Cohen, - Studies in the Cult of Yahweh, I: mstorical Method, Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism. Sci. Vol. 91, E-Suppl.

This classic study offers an understanding of the ancient religious cults, exploring their appeal and eventual failure in the face of Christianity. Topics include the Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece; Asiatic cults of Cybele, the Magna Mater, and Attis; Dionysian groups; Orphics; Egyptian devotees of Isis and Osiris; Mithraism; and others

an oral examination (viva voce) on your dissertation topic and wider knowledge of Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World

Many graduates of this course have found their in-depth engagement with the Jewish background to early Christianity an excellent preparation for doctoral study in New Testament, in the history of religions in the early Roman Empire, and in Jewish Studies. an oral examination (viva voce) on your dissertation topic and wider knowledge of Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World. The choice of essay and dissertation topics is yours, albeit subject to your supervisor’s advice and the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee.