Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism

Call For Papers: (1) We will be participating in a three-session joint program with the Religious Worlds of Late Antiquity and The History and Literature of Early Rabbbinic Judaism sections on the theme: "Beyond the Borders: Jews, Christians, and Others in Sassanian West Asia." Paper proposals are invited that address issues of interaction and differentiation among distinct religious traditions, as well as processes of hybridity and creolization that challenge familiar ideas of community boundaries. We are particularly interested in proposals that engage literary, ritual, and material expressions of culture at the crossroads of western, southern, and central Asia in late antiquity. (2) Papers are also invited for a joint session with Early Jewish-Christian Relations on the theme of rhetorics of universalism vs. particularism in formative Christianity and Judaism. While all proposals on the topic are welcome, we are particularly interested in proposals that engage literary, documentary, and material culture and proposals that critically assess modern historiography on the ancient materials. (3)We also welcome proposals addressing models of community and association in formative Christianity and Judaism as well as any other proposals pertinent to the topic of the social history of formative Christianity and Judaism.

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