Jesus' literacy : scribal culture and the teacher from Galilee /: scribal culture and the teacher from Galilee. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Keith.
• Authors: Keith, Chris
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: JESUS, READING, AND WRITING; 1. Why Did Jesus Never Write a Book?; 2. Why Does Jesus' Literacy Matter?; 3. This Study; 4. Interest in Jesus' Literacy; Chapter 1. JESUSES LITERATE AND ILLITERATE; 1. The Literate Jesus; 2. The Illiterate Jesus; 3. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 2. JESUS TRADITION, MEMORY, AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED; 1. The Criteria Approach to the Historical Jesus; 2. Dissatisfactions with the Criteria of Authenticity; 3. The Jesus-Memory Approach; 4. Conclusions; Chapter 3. SCRIBAL CULTURE IN THE TIME OF JESUS. 1. Widespread Illiteracy2. Widespread Textuality; 3. Literacy Spectrums; 4. Scribal Literacy and Craftsman's Literacy; 5. The Acquisition of Biblical Knowledge; 6. The Perception of Literacy; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 4. JESUS' SCRIBAL-LITERATE STATUSIN EARLY CHRISTIANITY; 1. Jesus as a Synagogue Teacher in the Synoptic Gospels; 2. Jesus' Scribal-Literate Status in the Gospel of John; 3. The Predominance of the Scribal-Literate Jesus; 4. Summary and Conclusion; Chapter 5. JESUS AND SCRIBAL LITERACY; 1. Prior Suggestions on the Transition to a Scribal-Literate Jesus. 2. Scribal Literacy and the Perception(s) of Jesus3. Conclusion; CONCLUDING REMARKS: THE CONTROVERSY OF JESUS THE TEACHER; 1. The Contributions of this Study; 2. The Scribal-Illiterate Jesus and the Controversy Narratives; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
• Publisher Details: London New York, New York : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Subjects: 232.927; Literacy -- Palestine -- History; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology; Education; Learning and scholarship; Literacy; Middle East -- Palestine; Electronic books; History; Education; Knowledge and learning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567374295; 0567374297
• Related ISBNs: 9780567533975; 9780567119728; 0567119726
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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