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Friday, November 27, 2015

Remembrance of Things Past? review

The Journal of Theological Studies has published my review of Michael Thate's Remembrance of Things Past? Albert Schweitzer, the Anxiety of Influence, and the Untidy Jesus of Markan Memory. Thate offers yet another voice in the current discussion of Jesus and the gospels that turns to memory studies in order to gain an entrance into the complicated questions of tradition and history. Anyone looking to get into this current discussion will find Thate a valuable and insightful voice among those who, during the last decade, have brought the concept(s) of memory to bear upon the Jesus tradition and the question of Jesus as a historical figure. Anyone already engaged in that discussion will likely find Thate's engagement with the current state of Jesus scholarship somewhat lacking.

You can find my review here.

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AnonymousNovember 30, 2015 at 4:51 AM
Whenever I try to think of what forces deform our memories, or change what happened (in cases where that can be roughly known in say, modern events), it seems to me that the chief deforming agent, aside from cultural convention, is our personal desire or Will. Is there any writing linking memory studies to these very important subjects in philosophy and theology: Desire and Will?
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James Crossley (PhD, Nottingham) is Professor of Bible, Society, and Politics at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London. In addition to most things historical Jesus, his interests typically concern Jewish law and the Gospels, the social history of biblical scholarship, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary politics and culture. He is co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Christine Jacobi studied protestant theology and art history in Berlin and Heidelberg. She is research associate at the chair of exegesis and theology of the New Testament and apocryphal writings. She completed her dissertation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2014. She is the author of Jesusüberlieferung bei Paulus? Analogien zwischen den echten Paulusbriefen und den synoptischen Evangelien (BZNW 213), Berlin: de Gruyter 2015. Christine Jacobi is a member of the „August-Boeckh-Antikezentrum“ and the „Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften“.

Chris Keith (PhD, Edinburgh) is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

Anthony Le Donne (PhD, Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary. He is the author/editor of seven books. He is the co-founder of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Sacred Texts Consultation and the co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Brant Pitre (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Among other works, he is the author of Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (Mohr-Siebeck/Baker Academic, 2005), and Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, 2015). He is particularly interested in the relationship between Jesus, Second Temple Judaism, and Christian origins.

Rafael Rodríguez (PhD, Sheffield) is Professor of New Testament at Johnson University. He has published a number of books and essays on social memory theory, oral tradition, the Jesus tradition, and the historical Jesus, as well as on Paul and Pauline tradition. He also serves as co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Remembrance of Things Past? review

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