Drudgery divine : on the comparison of early Christianities and the religions of late antiquity / Jonathan Z. Smith.
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TextSeries: Jordan lectures in comparative religion ; 14. | Chicago studies in the history of JudaismPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.Description: xiii, 145 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0226763625
- 9780226763620
- 0226763633
- 9780226763637
- Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- Study and teaching -- History
- Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- Study and teaching -- History
- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- Study and teaching -- History
- Christianity -- Origin -- Study and teaching -- History
- Apologetics -- History
- Rome -- Religion -- Study and teaching -- History
- 200.93 23
- BR128.R7 S55 1990
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Lectures delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."--Back cover.