In recent years scholars have re-evaluated the "parting of the ways" between Judaism and Christianity, reaching new understandings of the ways shared origins gave way to two distinct and sometimes inimical religious traditions. But this has been a profoundly textual task, relying on the writings of rabbis, bishops, and other text-producing elites to map the terrain of the "parting." This book takes up the question of the divergence of Judaism and Christianity in terms of material–the stuff made, used, and left behind by the persons that lived in and between these religions as they were developing. Considering the glass, clay, stone, paint, vellum, and papyrus of ancient Jews and Christians, this book maps the "parting" in new ways, and argues for a greater role for material and materialism in our reconstructions of the past.
Eric C. Smith
Jewish Glass and Christian Stone [PDF ebook]
A Materialist Mapping of the "Parting of the Ways"
Jewish Glass and Christian Stone [PDF ebook]
A Materialist Mapping of the "Parting of the Ways"
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 180 ● ISBN 9781315474724 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5535993 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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