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Jesus and Gospel Traditions in Bilingual Context: A Study in the Interdirectionality of Language: 186
Author(s): Lee (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 22 Jan. 2018
- Language: English
- Print length: 542 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110266172
- ISBN-13: 9783110266177
Book Description
Most historical Jesus and Gospel scholars have supposed that the Jesus and Gospel traditions were unidirectionally transmitted from Judaeo-Palestinian into Hellenistic, from oral into written and from Aramaic into Greek, and never vice versa. However, this book proposes that linguistic milieus of 1st-century Palestine and the Roman Near East were bilingual in Greek and vernacular languages and that the earliest church in Jerusalem was a bilingual Christian community. The study of bilingualism creates fresh insights into the origins of Jesus and Gospel traditions, historical Jesus research and the beginnings of Christianity.
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About the Author
Sang-Il Lee, Chongshin Theological Seminary, Yongin, Republic of Korea.
