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Introduction © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/157430110X597818 Religion & Theology 17 (2010) 181–183 brill.nl/rt & Religion Theology Introduction Rubina Raja a and Anders-Christian Jacobsen b a Section for Classical Archaeology, Victor Albecks Vej 2, Building 1415, Room 105, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark klarr@hum.au.dk b Section for Systematic Theology, Tåsingegade 3, Building 1443, Room 431, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark alj@teo.au.dk The contributions in this issue of Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contem- porary Religious Discourse are the outcome of a conference held at Aarhus Uni- versity in May 2009. The title of the conference was Constructing Religious Identities: Space and Texts in the Pagan, Jewish and Early Christian Near East, AD 100–400 . The aim of this interdisciplinary conference was to examine religious iden- tity construction, through the study of texts and material culture, hereunder differences and similarities in the many religious groups’ identities in the Near East in the period 100–400 C.E. These groups belonged to pagan religions, Judaism and early Christianity. The period 100–400 C.E. is central to the understanding of the beginnings of Christianity in its geographic and cultural context. Furthermore the period offers the opportunity of exploring the reli- gious plurality which marked http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Theology Brill

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Raja, Rubina; Jacobsen, Anders-Christian
Religion and Theology , Volume 17 (3-4): 181 – Jan 1, 2010
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/157430110X597818 Religion & Theology 17 (2010) 181–183 brill.nl/rt & Religion Theology Introduction Rubina Raja a and Anders-Christian Jacobsen b a Section for Classical Archaeology, Victor Albecks Vej 2, Building 1415, Room 105, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark klarr@hum.au.dk b Section for Systematic Theology, Tåsingegade 3, Building 1443, Room 431, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark alj@teo.au.dk The contributions in this issue of Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contem- porary Religious Discourse are the outcome of a conference held at Aarhus Uni- versity in May 2009. The title of the conference was Constructing Religious Identities: Space and Texts in the Pagan, Jewish and Early Christian Near East, AD 100–400 . The aim of this interdisciplinary conference was to examine religious iden- tity construction, through the study of texts and material culture, hereunder differences and similarities in the many religious groups’ identities in the Near East in the period 100–400 C.E. These groups belonged to pagan religions, Judaism and early Christianity. The period 100–400 C.E. is central to the understanding of the beginnings of Christianity in its geographic and cultural context. Furthermore the period offers the opportunity of exploring the reli- gious plurality which marked

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