Historiographical Jesus - Anthony Le Donne

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Résumé :
The Historiographical Jesus introduces a new theory and approach for studying the life of Jesus. Anthony Le Donne uses the precepts of social memory theory to identify memory refraction in the Jesus tradition--the refocusing distortion that occurs as the stories and sayings of Jesus were handed down and consciously and unconsciously framed in new settings with new applications. Recognition of this refraction allows historians to escape the problematic dichotomy between memory and typology. The author focuses on the title Son of David as it was used in Jewish and Christian traditions to demonstrate both how his new theory functions and to advance historical Jesus research....

Biographie:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hermeneutics and History
• 3. History and Memory
• 4. Memory and Typology
• 5. Son of David and Typology
• 6. The Therapeutic Son of David
• 7. Jesus' Temple Procession
• 8. The Son of David Question
• 9. Concluding Analysis
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Sommaire:
Anthony Le Donne is Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary....