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050 0 0 _aBR128.R7
_bS55 1990
082 0 0 _a200.93
_223
100 1 _aSmith, Jonathan Z.
245 1 0 _aDrudgery divine :
_bon the comparison of early Christianities and the religions of late antiquity /
_cJonathan Z. Smith.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c1990.
300 _axiii, 145 p. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aJordan lectures in comparative religion ;
_v14
490 1 _aChicago studies in the history of Judaism
500 _aLectures delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1988.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions
_xRoman
_xStudy and teaching
_xHistory.
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions
_xJudaism
_xStudy and teaching
_xHistory.
650 0 _aJudaism
_xRelations
_xChristianity
_xStudy and teaching
_xHistory.
650 0 _aChristianity
_xOrigin
_xStudy and teaching
_xHistory.
650 0 _aApologetics
_xHistory.
651 0 _aRome
_xReligion
_xStudy and teaching
_xHistory.
830 0 _aJordan lectures in comparative religion ;
_v14.
830 0 _aChicago studies in the history of Judaism.
856 4 2 _zLink to the publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/90038519-d.html
856 4 1 _zLink to the table of contents only
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/90038519-t.html
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_cE-BOOK
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