Drudgery divine
on the comparison of early Christianities and the religions of late antiquity
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Author
Publication
1990 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
36,250 words, Guess
Page Count
145 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1878202M
- ISBN-100226763625
- OCLC Control Number21675483
- Library of Congress Control Number90038519
- Goodreads4303695
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- LibraryThing9081
Classifications
- DDC291/.09/015
- LCCBR128.R7 S55 1990
Description
In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dictate the course of comparative religious studies. As his example, Smith reviews four centuries of scholarship comparing early Christianities with religions of late Antiquity (especially the so-called mystery cults) and shows how this scholarship has been based upon an underlying Protestant-Catholic polemic. The result is a devastating critique of traditional New Testament scholarship, a redescription of early Christianities as religious traditions amenable to comparison, and a milestone in Smith's controversial approach to comparative religious studies.
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Series Statement
- Jordan lectures in comparative religion ;
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