Rituals in Early Christianity: New Perspectives on Tradition and Transformation

by Albert Geljon

Based on the paradigmatic shift in both liturgical and ritual studies, this multidisciplinary volume presents a collection of case studies on rituals in the early Christian world. After a methodological discussion of the new paradigm, it shows how emblematic Christian rituals were influenced by their Greco-Roman and Jewish contexts, undergoing multiple transformations, while themselves affecting developments both within and outside Christianity. Notably,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004440976
• ISBN13: 9789004440975
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"