Ishmael, Isaac, and covenantal circumcision in Genesis 17 -- Uncircumcised and circumcised gentiles in the Hebrew Bible -- Eighth-day circumcision in Jubilees -- Jewishness as genealogy in the late Second Temple period -- Jews, gentiles, and circumcision in early Christianity
Summary
Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced study of the nature of Jewish thought with regard to Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose
