Theology

Hans Förster

Die Anfänge von Weihnachten und Epiphanias

Eine Anfrage an die Entstehungshypothesen

[The Beginnings of Christmas and Epiphany. Questioning the Hypotheses about Their Origins.]

2007. XII, 342 pages.

Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 46

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The scholarly discussion about the origins of Christmas and Epiphany usually revolves around two hypotheses. Hans Förster shows that these common hypotheses for the origins of Christmas and Epiphany do not explain the situation in the fourth century.
The scholarly discussion about the origins of Christmas and Epiphany usually revolves around two hypotheses. The theological literature in the Anglo-Saxon countries mainly favors an internal Christian context for this, based on early Christian calculations, whereas others usually refer to parallel pagan celebrations as the origins of both festivals. Hans Förster shows that these common hypotheses for the origins of Christmas and Epiphany do not explain the situation in the fourth century.
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Hans Förster Geboren 1969; 1997 Promotion; 1998–2003 Mitarbeit an verschiedenen Projekten des Österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds (FWF) im Bereich Koptologie und Papyrologie; 2004–2006 APART-Stipendiat der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; seit 2007 Mitarbeiter eines FWF-Projekts zur koptischen Papyrologie.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: FAZ — 24. Dezember 2007, S. 33 (Jürgen Kaube)
In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History — 60 (2009), S. 754–755 (Lionel Wickham)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 52 (2008), S. 625
In: Archiv für Liturgiewissenschaft — 52 (2010), S. 229–230 (Alexander Zerfaß)
In: Mayeutica — 33 (2007), S. 519 (Enrique A. Eguiarte)
In: Tyche — 24 (2009), S. 231–233 (Harald Buchinger)
In: Gnomon — 82 (2010), S. 339–344 (Martin Wallraff)
In: Irenikon — 2008, S. 684–685 (N.E.)
In: Süddeutsche Zeitung – F — 24./25./26. Dezeber 2007, S. 14 (Alexander Demandt)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 134 (2009), S. 708–711 (Wolfram Kinzig)
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