A Social-Political History of Monotheism: From Judah to the Byzantines

ISBN-13: 9780367593513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 242 str.

Jeremiah W. Cataldo

Opis

In A Social-Political History of Monotheism, Cataldo shows how political concerns were fundamental to the development of Judeo-Christian monotheism.

Spis treści

Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Definition of Parameters and Understanding Monotheism; Chapter 2: The Prophetic Paradigm; Chapter 3: Yahweh, the God of Monarchy; Chapter 4: The Emergence of Monotheism in Yehud; Chapter 5: The Maccabean Revolt; Chapter 6: Sectarianism and Political Strife under Empire; Chapter 7: The Punishment of Palestine; Chapter 8: Heresy, Trinity, and Political Strife in Three Parts; Chapter 9: Persecution or the End of It?; Chapter 10: Chalcedon and Orthodoxy; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Jeremiah W. Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA. He is the author of several books, including Breaking Monotheism: Yehud and the Material Formation of Monotheistic Identity, and Biblical Terror: Why Law and Restoration in the Bible Depend Upon Fear.