DIGIRENT - An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity (Harvard Theological Studies)
Laura Nasrallah
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An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah epub An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah pdf download An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah pdf file An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah audiobook An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah book review An Ecstasy of Folly: Laura Nasrallah summary | #2874090 in Books | Harvard Divinity School | 2004-03-01 | 2004-03-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.59 x5.48l,.76 | File type: PDF | 240 pages | ||8 of 27 people found the following review helpful.| Rhetorical battle over dissociative-state authority|By Michael Hoffman|A study of the polemical and politically motivated nature of mentions of 'ecstasy' and 'madness', 'inspiration' and 'delusion', 'elevated sobriety' and 'drunkenness' in early Christian writings.
Historical researchers need to recognize and account for this polemical nature of the texts and the po|About the Author|Laura Nasrallah is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School.
Who is a true prophet? Who has real access to divine realms of knowledge? Early Christian communities accused each other's prophets of madness and of making false claims to divine knowledge. This book argues that early Christians did not seek to answer questions about true prophecy or to define madness and rationality, but rather used this discourse in order to control knowledge, to establish their own authority, and to define Christian identity. Christians launched ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity (Harvard Theological Studies) | Laura Nasrallah. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
