The Peri Pascha attributed to Melito of Sardis : setting, purpose, and sources /

The Peri Pascha attributed to Melito of Sardis : setting, purpose, and sources /

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"This volume remains one of the only major studies of the Peri Pascha. The Peri Pascha was authored by Melito, the Christian bishop of Sardis in the second century CE, as a homily. It is notable for its early, extensive, and sharply anti-Judaic typological analysis of the paschal lamb described...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohick, Lynn H. (Author)
Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Satlow, Michael L. (editorial director.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Providence : Brown Judaic Studies, 2019.
Series:Brown Judaic studies ; no.327.
Subjects:
Melito, > Saint, Bishop of Sardis, > active 2nd century. > Homily on the Passion.
Bible > Homiletical use.
Bible.
Homily on the Passion (Melito, Saint, Bishop of Sardis)
Christianity and antisemitism.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Stories
  • Brief Summary of the Homily
  • History of the Text
  • Date of the Homily
  • Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the Homily
  • Scriptural Quotations
  • Method and Organization of this Study
  • Setting and Purpose of the Peri Pascha
  • Eusebius' information
  • Reliability of Eusebius' Information
  • Authorship Question
  • Polycrates' Evidence in Euesbius
  • Eusebius' Preface to the Homily
  • Two Paschal Homilies
  • Anonymous Work
  • Six Books of Extracts
  • Quartodeciman Position of the Homily
  • Quartodeciman Position and the Charge of Judaizing
  • Sardis Provenance
  • Possible Palestine Provenance
  • Interpretations of the Homily's First Line
  • Summary of Eusebius' evidence
  • Fragments attributed to Melito of Sardis
  • Authorship Claims among the Fragments
  • Fragment Variants: eis sphagen (to the slaughter)
  • Fragment Variants and Lists in PP 59 and PP 69
  • Summary of the Fragment Evidence
  • Anti-Judaism in the Homily
  • Ho laos and "Israel" in the Homily
  • Egypt Foreshadowing Both Jesus and "Israel"
  • Influence of the Temple's Destruction upon Christianity
  • Initial Perspectives on the Anti-Judaism in the Homily
  • Social/Political Roots of Anti-Judaism
  • Alleged Jewish Missionary Activity
  • Popularity of Judaism
  • Jews' Alleged Persecution of Christians
  • Tensions in Sardis
  • Additional Social Impetuses behind the Anti-Judaism
  • Self-Definition Roots of Anti-Judaism
  • Theological Roots of Anti-Judaism
  • Anti-Gnostic Polemics
  • Anti-Marcionite Polemics
  • Summary of the Homily's Anti-Judaism.Description based on print version record.