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SUMMARY:How Early Christian Storytellers Exercised Creative License when T
 elling Tales about Jesus - Dr Julia Snyder\,  Faculty of Divinity\,  Unive
 rsity of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:Many people assume that early Christian stories about Jesus we
 re meant to be received as historically accurate accounts of things Jesus 
 did and said. If two stories differ in detail\, the later text is often in
 terpreted as trying to correct or compete with the earlier account. But to
  what degree does this reading of the evidence reflect modern ideas about 
 storytellers' motivations and intent? This talk will discuss the portrayal
  of Jesus in some intriguing narratives from Late Antiquity. We will see t
 hat some storytellers apparently felt free to invent entirely new stories 
 about Jesus\, as well as offering creative "remakes" of traditional tales.
  What can we learn from this about how early Christians thought about Jesu
 s\, and about the role of "tradition" and "history" in their experience of
  "being Christian"?
LOCATION:Online (ask organizers for link)
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