Metamorphoses - Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (Hardcover)

How were ideas and experiences of transformation expressed in early Christianity and early Judaism? This volume explores the social and philosophical frameworks within which transformative ideas such as resurrection and practices of becoming a oea new beinga were shaped. It also explores the analogies and parameters by which transformation was being observed, noted and asserted. The focus on transformation helps to connect topics that tend to be studied separately, such as cosmology, resurrection, aging, gender, and conversion. The textual material is wide-ranging and there are new readings of core passages. Ideas and experiences of transformations in early Christianity and early Judaism Connects topics that tend to be studied seperately (cosmology, resurrection, aging, gender, conversion) With wide-ranging textual material

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Turid Karlsen Seim • Jorunn Okland
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	407
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-020298-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Early Church Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Early Church Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience Books > Christianity > Early Church Promotions
LSN:	3-11-020298-0
Barcode:	9783110202984

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