Candida R Moss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5875857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Candida R Moss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Candida R |
| FAMILY NAME | Moss |
| SIGNATURE | MOSS C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Religion, University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE
This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in studies of book history and Atlantic slavery, the essays demonstrate the myriad ways that the material and intellectual contributions of literary workers were vital to the composition, editing, copying, circulation, reading, and preservation of Roman texts. The volume exposes the way that power dynamics eras…
Suffering and Sacrifice
Each of the Synoptic writers envisions the world as a place in which suffering is powerful, predictable, and meaningful. Each expects that followers of Jesus will experience hardships and that people in general will experience suffering in the apocalypse. While for Luke the death of Jesus adheres to the model of the self-controlled and respectable death of a philosopher, for Mark Jesus’s suffering is uncomfortably close and present: the reader ca…
Between the Lines
Recent scholarship on writing and literacy in the Roman world has been attentive to the role of enslaved literate workers in the production of texts. Yet when it comes to evaluating the potential contributions of enslaved laborers we find ourselves at an impasse. How can we identify changes that an enslaved writer might have introduced? How could we assume that any element of the text comes from a secretary rather than the slaveholding “author”? …
The Early Martyr Narratives: Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries. By Éric Rebillard
A Note on the Death of Judas in Papias
In early Christian literature the death of Judas is broadly understood as a fitting end to the life of the betrayer of Jesus. Papias’ description of Judas’ death can be illuminated by comparison with ancient biographical and medical literature, in which oedema and parasitic infections are a consequence of greed, and also apocalyptic texts, in which worms become an emblematic form of divine punishment after death. Viewed in this context the death …
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attentio…
The Marks of the Nails: Scars, Wounds and the Resurrection of Jesus in John
In der Forschungsgeschichte werden die Wundmale des auferstandenen Jesus wie in der künstlerischen und kirchlichen Tradition für offene Wunden gehalten. Der vorliegende Artikel argumentiert vor dem Hintergrund antiker Medizin und philologischer Beobachtungen, dass die Wundmale besser als Narben zu verstehen sind. Unabhängig von der Frage, ob Thomas Jesus nun berührt hat oder nicht, verstärkt sich auf diese Weise die Einsicht, dass die Szene der B…
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby
Roman Imperialism: The Political Context of Early Christian Apocrypha
This essay addresses the political context in which Early Christian Apocrypha were composed and suggests that apocryphal texts have been underused and ignored in discussion of the relationship between Romans and Christians in the first three centuries of the Common Era. It surveys the Apocrypha and argues that the basis for the mistreatment of Christians is commonly grounded in accusations of sorcery, the envy of characters in the story, and the …
The new Hippocratics
In this guest editorial the authors look at the association of four blood types with four Hippocratic personality types in Japan and in matching lovers through dating services in the West
Nailing Down and Tying Up: Lessons in Intertextual Impossibility from the Martyrdom of Polycarp
This paper addresses scholarly approaches to the function of allusions and intertextuality in the Martyrdom of Polycarp . It argues that scholarship on this question has operated with and been hampered by unspoken assumptions about the historicity and authenticity of the account, the development of canon, the use of scriptural sources, and the function of allusions. Attention to the function of intertextuality in the account reveals both that it …
Thessalonians 4.13–18 in Rabbinic Perspective
1 Thessalonians 4.16–17 has occasioned much scholarly speculation regarding Paul's conception of the resurrected body, the character of those caught up in Christ, the ultimate fate of those who are caught up in the air, and Pauline eschatology in general. The interpretation of the passage may be illuminated by comparison with rabbinic traditions in which the righteous escape judgment and destruction in Sheol by flying and being borne aloft by clo…
The Devastation of Darkness: Disability in Exodus 10:21-23, 27, and Intensification in the Plagues
The Discourse of Voluntary Martyrdom: Ancient and Modern
While the social and intellectual basis of voluntary martyrdom is fiercely debated, scholarship on Christian martyrdom has unanimously distinguished between "martyrdom" and "voluntary martyrdom" as separate phenomena, practices, and categories from the second century onward. Yet there is a startling dearth of evidence for the existence of the category of the "voluntary martyr" prior to the writings of Clement of Alexandria. This paper has two int…
Disability Studies and Biblical Literature
The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involv
On the Dating of Polycarp: Rethinking the Place of the Martyrdom of Polycarp in the History of Christianity
Der Aufsatz unternimmt eine Neubewertung der Hinweise auf die kompositorische Einheit, Authentizität, Datierung und Rezeptionsgeschichte des »Martyrium des Polykarp«. Er regt zunächst zu Vorsicht bei der Untersuchung des Textes und darauf aufbauenden Konstruktionen der Martyriumsgeschichte an. Dann legt er dar, dass die Erzählung zwar eine literarische Einheit, aber kein Augenzeugenbericht ist. Weiterhin legen die rechtlichen Fragen, biblische Pa…
Disability Studies and Biblical Literature
The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involv
The Discourse of Voluntary Martyrdom: Ancient and Modern
While the social and intellectual basis of voluntary martyrdom is fiercely debated, scholarship on Christian martyrdom has unanimously distinguished between "martyrdom" and "voluntary martyrdom" as separate phenomena, practices, and categories from the second century onward. Yet there is a startling dearth of evidence for the existence of the category of the "voluntary martyr" prior to the writings of Clement of Alexandria. This paper has two int…
Between the Lines
Recent scholarship on writing and literacy in the Roman world has been attentive to the role of enslaved literate workers in the production of texts. Yet when it comes to evaluating the potential contributions of enslaved laborers we find ourselves at an impasse. How can we identify changes that an enslaved writer might have introduced? How could we assume that any element of the text comes from a secretary rather than the slaveholding “author”? …
The Devastation of Darkness: Disability in Exodus 10:21-23, 27, and Intensification in the Plagues
On the Dating of Polycarp: Rethinking the Place of the Martyrdom of Polycarp in the History of Christianity
Der Aufsatz unternimmt eine Neubewertung der Hinweise auf die kompositorische Einheit, Authentizität, Datierung und Rezeptionsgeschichte des »Martyrium des Polykarp«. Er regt zunächst zu Vorsicht bei der Untersuchung des Textes und darauf aufbauenden Konstruktionen der Martyriumsgeschichte an. Dann legt er dar, dass die Erzählung zwar eine literarische Einheit, aber kein Augenzeugenbericht ist. Weiterhin legen die rechtlichen Fragen, biblische Pa…
Disability Studies and Biblical Literature
The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involv
Thessalonians 4.13–18 in Rabbinic Perspective
1 Thessalonians 4.16–17 has occasioned much scholarly speculation regarding Paul's conception of the resurrected body, the character of those caught up in Christ, the ultimate fate of those who are caught up in the air, and Pauline eschatology in general. The interpretation of the passage may be illuminated by comparison with rabbinic traditions in which the righteous escape judgment and destruction in Sheol by flying and being borne aloft by clo…
The Devastation of Darkness: Disability in Exodus 10:21-23, 27, and Intensification in the Plagues
The Discourse of Voluntary Martyrdom: Ancient and Modern
While the social and intellectual basis of voluntary martyrdom is fiercely debated, scholarship on Christian martyrdom has unanimously distinguished between "martyrdom" and "voluntary martyrdom" as separate phenomena, practices, and categories from the second century onward. Yet there is a startling dearth of evidence for the existence of the category of the "voluntary martyr" prior to the writings of Clement of Alexandria. This paper has two int…
Nailing Down and Tying Up: Lessons in Intertextual Impossibility from the Martyrdom of Polycarp
This paper addresses scholarly approaches to the function of allusions and intertextuality in the Martyrdom of Polycarp . It argues that scholarship on this question has operated with and been hampered by unspoken assumptions about the historicity and authenticity of the account, the development of canon, the use of scriptural sources, and the function of allusions. Attention to the function of intertextuality in the account reveals both that it …
The new Hippocratics
In this guest editorial the authors look at the association of four blood types with four Hippocratic personality types in Japan and in matching lovers through dating services in the West
Roman Imperialism: The Political Context of Early Christian Apocrypha
This essay addresses the political context in which Early Christian Apocrypha were composed and suggests that apocryphal texts have been underused and ignored in discussion of the relationship between Romans and Christians in the first three centuries of the Common Era. It surveys the Apocrypha and argues that the basis for the mistreatment of Christians is commonly grounded in accusations of sorcery, the envy of characters in the story, and the …
The Marks of the Nails: Scars, Wounds and the Resurrection of Jesus in John
In der Forschungsgeschichte werden die Wundmale des auferstandenen Jesus wie in der künstlerischen und kirchlichen Tradition für offene Wunden gehalten. Der vorliegende Artikel argumentiert vor dem Hintergrund antiker Medizin und philologischer Beobachtungen, dass die Wundmale besser als Narben zu verstehen sind. Unabhängig von der Frage, ob Thomas Jesus nun berührt hat oder nicht, verstärkt sich auf diese Weise die Einsicht, dass die Szene der B…
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attentio…
A Note on the Death of Judas in Papias
In early Christian literature the death of Judas is broadly understood as a fitting end to the life of the betrayer of Jesus. Papias’ description of Judas’ death can be illuminated by comparison with ancient biographical and medical literature, in which oedema and parasitic infections are a consequence of greed, and also apocalyptic texts, in which worms become an emblematic form of divine punishment after death. Viewed in this context the death …
Between the Lines
Recent scholarship on writing and literacy in the Roman world has been attentive to the role of enslaved literate workers in the production of texts. Yet when it comes to evaluating the potential contributions of enslaved laborers we find ourselves at an impasse. How can we identify changes that an enslaved writer might have introduced? How could we assume that any element of the text comes from a secretary rather than the slaveholding “author”? …
The Early Martyr Narratives: Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries. By Éric Rebillard
Suffering and Sacrifice
Each of the Synoptic writers envisions the world as a place in which suffering is powerful, predictable, and meaningful. Each expects that followers of Jesus will experience hardships and that people in general will experience suffering in the apocalypse. While for Luke the death of Jesus adheres to the model of the self-controlled and respectable death of a philosopher, for Mark Jesus’s suffering is uncomfortably close and present: the reader ca…
Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE
This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in studies of book history and Atlantic slavery, the essays demonstrate the myriad ways that the material and intellectual contributions of literary workers were vital to the composition, editing, copying, circulation, reading, and preservation of Roman texts. The volume exposes the way that power dynamics eras…
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