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Between Luke and Marcion: Mathematical Model in the History of Christian Origins

Authors

POSPÍŠIL Zdeněk

Year of publication 2016
Type Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Description The paper reconsiders the dynamics of Jewish and non-Jewish networks in the spread of early Christianity. For the mathematical modeling of complex processes like these it uses the Lukan and Marcionite Christianities as a strictly coded test case. While the Lukan Christianity, which remained open to the Jewish tradition, might still utilize Jewish Mediterranean networks, the Marcionite Christianity, which rejected the Jewish heritage, probably preferred trade maritime networks which might use the infrastructure provided by its founder’s shipping company. The mathematical model utilisates methods of metapopulation dynamics, i.e. diffusion on discrete space. It enables to test some hypotheses of spreading dynamics based on different historical presuppositions.
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