Construction of Christian Identities

Call For Papers: The general subject for our Section for the 2012 Annual Meeting will be: "Early Groups of Jesus' Followers: A Survey of the First Two Centuries." The program is planned to be a preparatory one, in view of a new Consultation to be started in 2013, and will be composed of 3 sessions. A) A methodological discussion on the general subject (invitation only); B) A discussion on new books and ideas on the subject (invitation only); C) An open session with contributions focusing on specific aspects of the general subject. Contributions to the open session should address the following questions and areas of research. Before150 C.E. how many groups of Jesus’ followers (we try to avoid the notion of community and/or church in this context) can we identify in Galilee, Judea, Samaria, Antioch, or in different areas of Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece and Italy? The aim of the session is to describe the members of those groups and their religious practices, rather than primarily the theological ideas of each group. What kind of social character and style did they have? Where did they actually live and how many of them were there? Were they sub-groups of Jewish groups? Were their members both Jews and non-Jews? What kind of cohabitation and cultural hybridization did they experience with different religious groups in the villages and towns where they lived? When did they come into existence? What kind of transformations they met? When did they come to an end (if this was the case)? What kind of archeological evidence do we have of their physical existence?

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