An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity

by Laura Salah Nasrallah

Who is a true prophet? Who has real access to divine realms of knowledge? Early Christian communities accused each other's prophets of madness and of making false claims to divine knowledge. This book argues that early Christians did not seek to answer questions about true prophecy or to define madness and rationality, but rather used this discourse in order to control knowledge, to establish their own authority, and to define Christian identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674012283
• ISBN13: 9780674012288
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harvard Divinity School
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"