The Origin of Heresy: A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

Author:   Robert M. Royalty
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415536943


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   08 August 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Robert M. Royalty
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780415536943


ISBN 10:   0415536944
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   08 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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This exciting and original book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the formation of Christian communities in the first two centuries. Royalty,s work demonstrates that heresiology, the rhetoric of demonized difference, shaped Christian identities from the start, even before we have thought Christians invented 'heresy., Anyone interested in the origins of 'orthodoxy, and 'heresy, should read this book. - David Brakke, Indiana University


This exciting and original book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the formation of Christian communities in the first two centuries. Royalty's work demonstrates that heresiology, the rhetoric of demonized difference, shaped Christian identities from the start, even before we have thought Christians invented 'heresy.' Anyone interested in the origins of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' should read this book. - David Brakke, Indiana University


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Robert Royalty is Associate Professor of Religion at Wabash College (Indiana, USA). He is the author of The Streets of Heaven: The Ideology of Wealth in the Apocalypse of John and scholarly articles on the New Testament and early Christianity.

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