The Older Testament: The Survival of Themes from the Ancient

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The Older Testament: The Survival of Themes from the Ancient Royal Cult in Sectarian Judaism and Early Christianity

The Older Testament is a radically new approach to many problems of both Old and New Testaments. It takes as a basis the theology of the book of Enoch, lost to western Christendom for many centuries, but here recognized as providing the most consistent set of clues to the nature of Israel's pre-exilic religion. Reformers and editors of the Second Temple period sought to remove from the biblical texts all traces of the older ways, which now survive only in the apparently bizarre themes and imagery of certain Pseudepigrapha. Margaret Barker traces some of the ways in which the Deuteronomic standpoint came to dominate future readings of the Hebrew Bible as well as scholarly conceptions of Israel's religious development. Her reconstruction of the pre-Deuteronomic religion throws a startling light on much of the imagery of the New Testament and shows how closely the earlier Christian expectations were based upon the ancient royal cult in Jerusalem. This book represents an important and original contribution to our understanding of Judaism and early Christianity.
Country USA
Brand Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Manufacturer Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781905048199
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Manufacturer	Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781905048199
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Older Testament: The Survival of Themes from the Ancient Royal Cult in Sectarian Judaism and Early Christianity

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