Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Border Lines: The Partition Of Judaeo-ChristianityISBN13:9780812219869ISBN10:0812219864Author:Boyarin, Daniel (Author)Description:The Historical Separation Between Judaism And Christianity Is Often Figured As A Clearly Defined Break Of A Single Entity Into Two Separate Religions Following This Model, There Would Have Been One Religion Known As Judaism Before The Birth Of Christ, Which Then Took On A Hybrid Identity Even Before Its Subsequent Division, Certain Beliefs And Practices Of This Composite Would Have Been Identifiable As Christian Or Jewish In Border Lines, However, Daniel Boyarin Makes A Striking Case For A Very Different Way Of Thinking About The Historical Development That Is The Partition Of Judaeo-Christianity There Were No Characteristics Or Features That Could Be Described As Uniquely Jewish Or Christian In Late Antiquity, Boyarin Argues Rather, Jesus-Following Jews And Jews Who Did Not Follow Jesus Lived On A Cultural Map In Which Beliefs, Such As That In A Second Divine Being, And Practices, Such As Keeping Kosher Or Maintaining The Sabbath, Were Widely And Variably Distributed The Ultimate Distinctions Between Judaism And Christianity Were Imposed From Above By Border-Makers, Heresiologists Anxious To Construct A Discrete Identity For Christianity By Defining Some Beliefs And Practices As Christian And Others As Jewish Or Heretical, They Moved Ideas, Behaviors, And People To One Side Or Another Of An Artificial Border--And, Boyarin Significantly Contends, Invented The Very Notion Of Religion Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA PRPublication Date:2006-10-26Weight:1.46 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 9.2'' L x 6.1'' WNumber of Pages:374Language:English
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Book Title: Border Lines: The Partition Of Judaeo-Christianity
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Daniel Boyarin
Publication Name: Border Lines : the Partition of Judaeo-Christianity
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2006
Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
