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Explaining Christian origins and early Judaism : contributions from cognitive and social science / edited by Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen & Risto Uro.

Contributor(s): Luomanen, Petri, 1961- | Pyysiäinen, Ilkka | Uro, Risto
Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical interpretation series: Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: viii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004163294 (alk. paper); 9004163298 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Christianity -- Origin -- Congresses | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses | Judaism -- History -- Congresses | Psychology, Religious | Christianity -- Psychology | Judaism -- PsychologyDDC classification: 270.1 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Social and cognitive perspectives in the study of Christian origins and early Judaism / Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro -- The promise of cognitive science for the study of early Christianity / Luther H. Martin -- The mystery of the stolen body : exploring Christian origins / Ilkka Pyysiäinen -- The emergence of early Christian religion : a naturalistic approach / István Czachesz -- A cognitive approach to ritual systems in first-century Judaism / Kimmo Ketola -- Gnostic rituals from a cognitive perspective / Risto Uro -- Conceptual blending in the Exegesis on the soul / Hugo Lundhaug -- Conceptual blending and early Christian imagination / Vernon K. Robbins -- The sociology of knowledge, the social identity approach and the cognitive science of religion / Petri Luomanen -- "Remember my fetters" : memorialisation of Paul's imprisonment / Philip F. Esler -- Social identities and group phenomena in Second temple Judaism / Raimo Hakola -- Social identity in the Qumran movement : the case of the penal code / Jutta Jokiranta -- Epilogue / Troels Engberg-Pedersen.
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Proceedings of a symposium held Aug.-Sept. 2005 at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Social and cognitive perspectives in the study of Christian origins and early Judaism / Petri Luomanen, Ilkka Pyysiäinen and Risto Uro -- The promise of cognitive science for the study of early Christianity / Luther H. Martin -- The mystery of the stolen body : exploring Christian origins / Ilkka Pyysiäinen -- The emergence of early Christian religion : a naturalistic approach / István Czachesz -- A cognitive approach to ritual systems in first-century Judaism / Kimmo Ketola -- Gnostic rituals from a cognitive perspective / Risto Uro -- Conceptual blending in the Exegesis on the soul / Hugo Lundhaug -- Conceptual blending and early Christian imagination / Vernon K. Robbins -- The sociology of knowledge, the social identity approach and the cognitive science of religion / Petri Luomanen -- "Remember my fetters" : memorialisation of Paul's imprisonment / Philip F. Esler -- Social identities and group phenomena in Second temple Judaism / Raimo Hakola -- Social identity in the Qumran movement : the case of the penal code / Jutta Jokiranta -- Epilogue / Troels Engberg-Pedersen.

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