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God's Ghostwriters de Candida Moss

God's Ghostwriters

Autor Candida Moss
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 mar 2024

Imaginati-va o incapere slab luminata din secolul I, unde un apostol isi dicteaza viziunile, dar sunetul penitei pe papirus este produs de mana unui om al carui nume nu va aparea niciodata pe coperta. Ne-a atras atentia un mister istoric profund: cum se face ca, timp de doua milenii, am ignorat amprenta digitala a sclavilor asupra celor mai citite texte ale omenirii? Suntem de parere ca God's Ghostwriters spulbera mitul autorului solitar divin, scotand la lumina o armata de colaboratori invizibili care nu doar ca au transcris cuvintele, ci le-au oferit forma, ritm si circulatie. Abordarea jurnalistica si riguroasa a autoarei Candida Moss evoca intr-o anumita masura lucrarea Secretaries in Ancient Letter Writing de Prof. Dr. Travis B. Williams, dar perspectiva este mult mai radicala. In timp ce Williams se concentreaza pe tehnica scribilor, Moss muta reflectorul pe statutul social si impactul teologic al acestor „ghostwriters” sclavagiti. Ea demonstreaza ca acestia nu au fost simple unelte, ci misionari care au purtat manuscrisele pe drumurile prafuite ale Imperiului Roman, din Ierusalim pana in Egipt si Spania, transformand o miscare locala intr-o religie mondiala. Putem afirma ca acest volum reprezinta o evolutie naturala in opera autoarei. Daca in Myth of Persecution PB ea demonta exagerarile despre martiriu, iar in The Other Christs analiza modul in care martirii erau modelati dupa chipul lui Iisus, in God's Ghostwriters ea continua sa „citeasca printre randuri” istoria oficiala. Stilul este alert, aproape cinematic, dar sustinut de o eruditie impecabila care ne obliga sa reevaluam insasi fundatia Noului Testament. Este o cronica a rezistentei intelectuale si a muncii invizibile care a cladit lumea crestina.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316564670
ISBN-10: 0316564672
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 238 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandam aceasta carte cititorilor pasionati de istoria religiilor si sociologie antica. Veti descoperi o perspectiva inedita asupra Bibliei, inteleasa nu doar ca text sacru, ci ca produs al unei munci colective epuizante. Candida Moss ofera un argument convingator despre cum cei marginalizati au modelat, de fapt, limbajul si raspandirea crestinismului, oferind un sentiment de dreptate istorica unor figuri ramase anonime timp de 2000 de ani.

Despre autor

Candida Moss este o autoritate recunoscuta la nivel international in studiul Noului Testament si al crestinismului timpuriu, ocupand functia de profesor la Universitatea din Notre Dame. Cu o prezenta constanta in publicatii de prestigiu precum The Daily Beast si aparitii ca expert la National Geographic sau History Channel, ea imbina rigoarea academica cu talentul de a comunica teme complexe unui public larg. Cercetarile sale se concentreaza pe demitizarea istoriei crestine timpurii si pe scoaterea la lumina a vocilor marginalizate din textele antice, facand-o una dintre cele mai influente voci contemporane in studiile biblice.

Notă biografică

Candida Moss is Edward Cadbury Chair of Theology at the University of Birmingham, prior to which she taught for almost a decade at the University of Notre Dame. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford and a MA and PhD from Yale University. The award-winning author or co-author of seven books, she has also served as Papal News Commentator for CBS News and writes a column for The Daily Beast. She has written for and had her work reported on in the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, Times Higher Education Supplement, The Guardian, Slate, New Scientist, BBC.com, Chronicle of High Education, CNN.com, POLITICO, POLITICO Europe, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Christian Century, The Daily Mail, and Le Monde. In addition to regularly commenting on religious affairs for CBS, Dr. Moss has also served as an on air expert for CNN and Fox News, and presented or appeared in documentaries for CNN, NBC, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Channel, CNN, Travel Channel, Lifetime, BBC, PBS, E!, and the Smithsonian Channel. She lives in New York.

Descriere scurtă

From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound.

For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. But hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of enslaved coauthors and collaborators. Although they almost all go unnamed and uncredited, these essential workers were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament: making the parchment and papyri on which Christian texts were written, taking dictation, and polishing and refining the words of the apostles. When the Christian message began to move independently from the first apostles, it was enslaved missionaries who undertook the dangerous and arduous journeys across the Mediterranean and along dusty Roman roads to move Christianity from Jerusalem and the Levant to Rome, Spain, North Africa, and Egypt—and into the pages of history. The influence of these enslaved contributors on the spread of Christianity, the development of foundational Christian concepts, and the making of the Bible was enormous, yet their role has been almost entirely overlooked until now.

Filled with profound revelations both for what it means to be a Christian and for how we read individual texts themselves, God’s Ghostwriters is a groundbreaking and rigorously researched book about how enslaved people shaped the Bible, and with it all of Christianity.

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‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan 'A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent '[A] massive achievement' Spectator ‘Refreshingly readable' Guardian