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Book SynopsisThe seven essays in this book address formative Judaic writings in the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud, the first six centuries of the Common Era, and formative Christianity in the first six centuries of the Common Era. The essays explore the areas where Judaism and Christianity have intersected.
Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Foreword: How Does Religion Imagine Society? Ancient Israel Chapter 2. From the Repertoire of the Hebrew Bible: Visions of the Social Order Judaism Chapter 3. Enoch's Vague Visions of a Future Social Order; Foils to its Vivid Portrayals of the Present Chaos Chapter 4. Visions of the Social Order: The Qumran Library Chapter 5. Through Greek Eyes: Jewish "Theocracy" and "State of the Wise" Chapter 6. Philo's Constructs of Social Order Chapter 7. The Mishnah and Concepts of the Social Order Chapter 8. The Social Vision of Rabbinic Judaism Chapter 9. Torah and Culture: H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture after Fifty Years: A Judaic Response Chapter 10. Six People You Meet in the Synagogue: Visions of Social Order in Early Rabbinic Prayer Christianity Chapter 11. The Kingdom of God Chapter 12. Paul's Theory of the Social Order Chapter 13. Early Christian Martyrdom, Scripture, and Social Order Chapter 14. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-200) Re-Imagining the Cosmos from the Perspective of the Oppressed Chapter15. Origen's Social Vision of Christian Life Chapter 16. Eusebius's (and Constantine's) Theory of the Political Order Chapter 17. Augustine of Hippo (354-430): Architect of Western Christianity's Political Theology Conclusinos Chapter Conclusions, Observations, and Limitations: Reflections on the Visions of the Social Order Collaborative Project
