Cargando…

Imagine No Religion : How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities /

A study of ancient Latin and Greek words frequently translated religion with a view to showing how such mistranslation seriously obscures our understanding of those cultures including their Jewish and Christian versions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barton, Carlin A., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Note on Authorship; Epigraph; Half Title; Introduction: What You Can See When You Stop Looking for What Isn't There; Religio; Part I: Mapping the Word; 1. Religio without "Religion"; 2. The Ciceronian Turn; Part II: Case Study: Tertullian; 3. Preface to Tertullian; 4. Segregated by a Perfect Fear; 5. Segregated by a Perfect Fear. The Terrible War Band of the Anti-Emperor: The Coniuratio and the Sacramentum; 6. Governed by a Perfect Fear; 7. Precarious Integration. Managing the Fears of the Romans: Tertullian on Tenterhooks; Thrēskeia.
  • Part I: Mapping the Word8. Imagine No Thrēskeia: The Task of the Untranslator; 9. The Thrēskeia of the Judaeans: Josephus and the New Testament; Part II: Case Study: Josephus; 10. Josephus without Judaism: Nomos, Eusebeia, Thrēskeia; 11. A Jewish Actor in the Audience: Josephan Doublespeak; 12. A Glance at the Future: Thrēskeia and the Literature of Apologetic, First to Third Centuries C.E.; Conclusion: What You Find When You Stop Looking for What Isn't There; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Texts; General Index.