Wally V Cirafesi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1082402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wally V Cirafesi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wally V |
| FAMILY NAME | Cirafesi |
| SIGNATURE | CIRAFESI W V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7589-2304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rethinking John and “the Synagogue” in Light of Expulsion from Public Assemblies in Antiquity
Since the immensely influential work of J. Louis Martyn, many Johannine scholars have interpreted John’s ἀποσυνάγωγος passages (9:22, 12:42, 16:2) as reflective of the gospel’s outsider position in relation to Jewishness. In Martyn’s model, as well as in the model of his contemporary Raymond E. Brown, “the synagogue” functioned as synecdoche for “Judaism,” leading both scholars to the conclusion that John’s ἀποσυνάγωγος passages reflected the exp…
"Mystical Spirituality" in Second Temple Period Judaism? Light from the Decorated Stone in the Magdala Synagogue
While "Merkavah mysticism" as a religious movement is a phenomenon of Late Ancient and Medieval Judaism, scholars have debated whether the origins of this movement are traceable to traditions of the divine Merkavah (chariot-throne) preserved in some early Jewish apocalyptic literature from the Second Temple period. Furthermore, scholars have emphasized that these early Merkavah traditions reflect individualistic religious experiences that emerged…
The socio-economic context of Capernaum’s limestone synagogue and Jewish–Christian relations in the late-ancient town
In this article, I consider a set of contextual questions related to the social and economic influences on the construction and use of Capernaum’s great limestone synagogue, and ask what these influences might tell us about Jewish–Christian relations in this village during the fifth and sixth centuries CE. After a survey of current scholarship, I address issues of method and engage in the interpretation of the relevant primary sources, some of wh…
A First-Century Synagogue in Capernaum? Issues of Historical Method in the Interpretation of the Archaeological and Literary Data
The question with which I am centrally concerned in this article is whether a first-century synagogue, understood as both a purpose-built structure and a formal institution of assembly, once stood in Capernaum beneath the site of its later limestone synagogue. I assess the question anew by providing methodological reflection from the perspective of Collingwoodian critical historiography. In section 2, I briefly present some of the most important …
Two Jewish studies related postdoctoral projects in Scandinavia
Wally V. Cirafesi of University of Oslo and Katharina E. Keim of Lund University briefly present their postdoctoral projects within the area of Jewish Studies. Cirafesi has just completed his dissertation on the Gospel of John within its first-century Jewish environment, entitled ‘John within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel’, and has received a postdoctoral fellowship at the Norwegia…
Justin's απομνημονευματα and Ancient Greco-Roman Memoirs
In diesem Artikel betrachten wir die Verwendung des Begriffs απομνημονευματα in Justins »Dialog mit Tryphon« und der ersten »Apologie« im soziokulturellen Kontext der Memoirenschriftstellerei in der Antike. Wir argumentieren, (1) dass sich Justin bei der Verwendung des Begriffs zur Bezeichnung der Evangelientradition auf den anerkannten sozialen und historiographischen Wert geschriebener Memoiren in der Antike stützt, (2) dass der Begriff eine Sc…
Πίστις and Christ in Hippolytus's De Christo et Antichristo
This article is a response to the recent work of Michael F. Bird and Michael R. Whitenton, in which they argue that Hippolytus's De Christo et Antichristo provides a clear instance of a subjective genitive πίστις Χριστοῦ construction and unambiguously identifies πίστις as Jesus' death on the cross. However, in light of (1) a significant textual variant, and (2) the role that πίστις plays in Hippolytus's theology of martyrdom, the construction in …
A First-Century Synagogue in Capernaum? Issues of Historical Method in the Interpretation of the Archaeological and Literary Data
The question with which I am centrally concerned in this article is whether a first-century synagogue, understood as both a purpose-built structure and a formal institution of assembly, once stood in Capernaum beneath the site of its later limestone synagogue. I assess the question anew by providing methodological reflection from the perspective of Collingwoodian critical historiography. In section 2, I briefly present some of the most important …
Πίστις and Christ in Hippolytus's De Christo et Antichristo
This article is a response to the recent work of Michael F. Bird and Michael R. Whitenton, in which they argue that Hippolytus's De Christo et Antichristo provides a clear instance of a subjective genitive πίστις Χριστοῦ construction and unambiguously identifies πίστις as Jesus' death on the cross. However, in light of (1) a significant textual variant, and (2) the role that πίστις plays in Hippolytus's theology of martyrdom, the construction in …
Justin's απομνημονευματα and Ancient Greco-Roman Memoirs
In diesem Artikel betrachten wir die Verwendung des Begriffs απομνημονευματα in Justins »Dialog mit Tryphon« und der ersten »Apologie« im soziokulturellen Kontext der Memoirenschriftstellerei in der Antike. Wir argumentieren, (1) dass sich Justin bei der Verwendung des Begriffs zur Bezeichnung der Evangelientradition auf den anerkannten sozialen und historiographischen Wert geschriebener Memoiren in der Antike stützt, (2) dass der Begriff eine Sc…
Two Jewish studies related postdoctoral projects in Scandinavia
Wally V. Cirafesi of University of Oslo and Katharina E. Keim of Lund University briefly present their postdoctoral projects within the area of Jewish Studies. Cirafesi has just completed his dissertation on the Gospel of John within its first-century Jewish environment, entitled ‘John within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel’, and has received a postdoctoral fellowship at the Norwegia…
The socio-economic context of Capernaum’s limestone synagogue and Jewish–Christian relations in the late-ancient town
In this article, I consider a set of contextual questions related to the social and economic influences on the construction and use of Capernaum’s great limestone synagogue, and ask what these influences might tell us about Jewish–Christian relations in this village during the fifth and sixth centuries CE. After a survey of current scholarship, I address issues of method and engage in the interpretation of the relevant primary sources, some of wh…
A First-Century Synagogue in Capernaum? Issues of Historical Method in the Interpretation of the Archaeological and Literary Data
The question with which I am centrally concerned in this article is whether a first-century synagogue, understood as both a purpose-built structure and a formal institution of assembly, once stood in Capernaum beneath the site of its later limestone synagogue. I assess the question anew by providing methodological reflection from the perspective of Collingwoodian critical historiography. In section 2, I briefly present some of the most important …
"Mystical Spirituality" in Second Temple Period Judaism? Light from the Decorated Stone in the Magdala Synagogue
While "Merkavah mysticism" as a religious movement is a phenomenon of Late Ancient and Medieval Judaism, scholars have debated whether the origins of this movement are traceable to traditions of the divine Merkavah (chariot-throne) preserved in some early Jewish apocalyptic literature from the Second Temple period. Furthermore, scholars have emphasized that these early Merkavah traditions reflect individualistic religious experiences that emerged…
Rethinking John and “the Synagogue” in Light of Expulsion from Public Assemblies in Antiquity
Since the immensely influential work of J. Louis Martyn, many Johannine scholars have interpreted John’s ἀποσυνάγωγος passages (9:22, 12:42, 16:2) as reflective of the gospel’s outsider position in relation to Jewishness. In Martyn’s model, as well as in the model of his contemporary Raymond E. Brown, “the synagogue” functioned as synecdoche for “Judaism,” leading both scholars to the conclusion that John’s ἀποσυνάγωγος passages reflected the exp…
History (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Law (4 works)