
Memory and Manuscript
Oral Tradition and Written Transmission in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Will be published approx. on 30. April 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
472 pages
978-0-8028-4366-1 (ISBN)
Description
Here in one volume are two of Birger Gerhardsson's much-debated works on the transmission of tradition in Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. In Memory and Manuscript (1961), Gerhardsson explores the way in which Jewish rabbis during the first Christian centuries preserved and passed on their sacred tradition, and he shows how early Christianity is better understood in light of how that tradition developed in Rabbinic Judaism. In Tradition and Transmission in Early Christianity (1964), Gerhardsson further clarifies the discussion and answers criticism of his earlier book. This Biblical Resource Series combined edition corrects and expands Gerhardsson's original works and includes a new preface by the author and a lengthy new foreword by Jacob Neusner that summarizes the works' importance and subsequent influence.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-4366-1 (9780802843661)
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Persons
Birger Gerhardsson (1926-2013) was professor emeritus of exegetical theology at Lund University, Sweden. Among his other books are The Testing of God's Son, The Gospel Tradition, and The Shema in the New Testament.