Memory and Manuscript: Oral Tradition and Written Transmission in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity with Tradition and Transmission in Early Christianity / Edition 1

by Birger Gerhardsson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802843661
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/30/1998
Series:	The Biblical Resource Series (BRS)
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	482
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

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.