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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 32645266
TI  - Drudgery divine : on the comparison of early Christianities and the religions of late Antiquity.
PY  - 1994
SN  - 0226763633 0226763625
PB  - Chicago University of Chicago press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Apologetics
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Apologétique
KW  - Roman
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - History
KW  - Relations
KW  - Origin
KW  - History.
KW  - Religion romaine
KW  - Etude et enseignement
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Origines
KW  - Rome
KW  - Religion
KW  - Roman religion.
KW  - Jews
KW  - Religions
KW  - Semites
KW  - Church history
KW  - Syncretism (Christianity)
KW  - Judaism&delete&
KW  - Study and teaching&delete&
KW  - Roman religion
KW  - Origin&delete&
KW  - Relations&delete&
KW  - Christianity&delete&
KW  - Rim
KW  - Roman Empire
KW  - Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.)
KW  - Romi (Empire)
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Rome (Italy)
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32645266
AB  - In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dictate the course of comparative religious studies. As his example, Smith reviews four centuries of scholarship comparing early Christianities with religions of late Antiquity (especially the so-called mystery cults) and shows how this scholarship has been based upon an underlying Protestant-Catholic polemic. The result is a devastating critique of traditional New Testament scholarship, a redescription of early Christianities as religious traditions amenable to comparison, and a milestone in Smith's controversial approach to comparative religious studies. "An important book, and certainly one of the most significant in the career of Jonathan Z. Smith, whom one may venture to call the greatest pathologist in the history of religions. As in many precedent cases, Smith follows a standard procedure: he carefully selects his victim, and then dissects with artistic finesse and unequaled acumen. The operation is always necessary, and a deconstructor of Smith's caliber is hard to find."--Ioan P. Coulianu, 'Journal of Religion '
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