Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Two Books of Note: and a little nepotism

Minna Shkul


Because I know some of you are preparing your SBL buying list early this year be sure to make room for two of what I am sure will be the best books to come out on social memory and the application of social scientific theory in 2009.  Both of these authors are great thinkers and great people so even though the economy is in the tank be sure to pick up at least one copy of each!  Here are the blurbs from T&T Clark:

In Structuring Early Christian Memory: Jesus in Tradition, Performance Rafael Rodriguez embarks upon how social memory research has obscured the relationship between past and present in New Testament studies. This captivating debate focuses on the figure of Jesus, a ‘historical Jesus’, and Rodriguez formulates many interesting observations in his quest to find whether it is possible to clearly separate ‘authentic’ from ‘inauthentic’ traditions.

Reading Ephesians: Exploring Social Entrepreneurship in the Text, by Minna Shkul, explores how Ephesians connects in social entrepreneurship, a process that has shaped the emergence of Christian Identity. Shkul’s intriguing discussion stands against the widely assumed theological presupposition that something was wrong with the Judaism practised at the time, but rather focuses upon the divine ‘legitimating’ of the Christian group and its culture.

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