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5 The Jewish Life of the Logos: Logos Theology in Pre- and Pararabbinic Judaism

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface: Interrogate My Love ix
  4. Abbreviations xvii
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. PART I. Making a Difference: The Heresiological Beginnings of Christianity and Judaism
  7. 2 Justin's Dialogue with the Jews: The Beginnings of Orthodoxy 37
  8. 3 Naturalizing the Border: Apostolic Succession in the Mishna 74
  9. PART II. The Crucifixion of the Logos: How Logos Theology Became Christian
  10. 4 The Intertextual Birth of the Logos: The Prologue to John as a Jewish Midrash 89
  11. 5 The Jewish Life of the Logos: Logos Theology in Pre- and Pararabbinic Judaism 112
  12. 6 The Crucifixion of the Memra: How the Logos Became Christian 128
  13. PART III. Sparks of the Logos: Historicizing Rabbinic Religion
  14. 7 The Yavneh Legend of the Stammaim: On the Invention of the Rabbis in the Sixth Century 151
  15. 8 "When the Kingdom Turned to Minut": The Christian Empire and the Rabbinic Refusal of Religion 202
  16. Concluding Political Postscript: A Fragment 227
  17. Notes 229
  18. Bibliography 333
  19. Index 361
  20. Acknowledgments 373
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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203844.112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface: Interrogate My Love ix
  4. Abbreviations xvii
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. PART I. Making a Difference: The Heresiological Beginnings of Christianity and Judaism
  7. 2 Justin's Dialogue with the Jews: The Beginnings of Orthodoxy 37
  8. 3 Naturalizing the Border: Apostolic Succession in the Mishna 74
  9. PART II. The Crucifixion of the Logos: How Logos Theology Became Christian
  10. 4 The Intertextual Birth of the Logos: The Prologue to John as a Jewish Midrash 89
  11. 5 The Jewish Life of the Logos: Logos Theology in Pre- and Pararabbinic Judaism 112
  12. 6 The Crucifixion of the Memra: How the Logos Became Christian 128
  13. PART III. Sparks of the Logos: Historicizing Rabbinic Religion
  14. 7 The Yavneh Legend of the Stammaim: On the Invention of the Rabbis in the Sixth Century 151
  15. 8 "When the Kingdom Turned to Minut": The Christian Empire and the Rabbinic Refusal of Religion 202
  16. Concluding Political Postscript: A Fragment 227
  17. Notes 229
  18. Bibliography 333
  19. Index 361
  20. Acknowledgments 373
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