| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction / John Lieu, John North and Tessa Rajak -- The Jewish community and its boundaries / Tessa Rajak -- The pre-Christian Paul / Martin Hengel --- Jewish proselytizing in the first century / Martin Goodman -- History and theology in Christian views of Judaism / Judith Lieu -- The Jews of the Graeco-Roman Diaspora between paganism and Christianity, AD 312-438 / Fergus Millar -- Syrian Christianity and Judaism / Hans Drijvers -- From Judaism to Christianity : the Syriac version of the Hebrew Bible / Michael Weitzman -- The development of religious pluralism / John North |
| Summary |
In the period of Roman domination there were communities of Jews, some still in Palestine, some dispersed in and around the Roman Empire; they had to face at first the world-wide power of the pagan Romans and later on the emergence of Christianity as an Empire-wide religion. How they coped with these dramatic changes and how they influenced the new forms of religious life that emerged in this period provide the main themes of The Jews Among Pagans and Christians. Essays by the leading scholars in the field together with the introduction by the editors, offer new approaches to understa |
| Notes |
"May 20, 2011"--Colophon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Digital reprint. Originally published: 1994, ©1992; reprinted 2002 |
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Print version record |
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Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Christianity and other religions -- Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Talmud.
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Christianity
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Interfaith relations
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Judaism
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Judaism -- Talmudic period
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Religion
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Religion
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Judaïsme -- Histoire -- 0010-0425 (période talmudique)
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Christianisme -- 0030-0600 (Eglise primitive)
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Judäisme -- Relations -- Christianisme.
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Christianisme -- Relations -- Judaïsme.
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009771
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Rome (Empire)
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Römisches Reich
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Religion romaine.
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Juden.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lieu, Judith
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North, John, 1938-
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Rajak, Tessa, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9781135081881 |
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1135081883 |
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