Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity write by David C. Sim. This book was released on 2014-01-16. Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume describes the attitudes towards Gentiles in both ancient Judaism and the early Christian tradition. The Jewish relationship with and views about the Gentiles played an important part in Jewish self-definition, especially in the Diaspora where Jews formed the minority among larger Gentile populations. Jewish attitudes towards the Gentiles can be found in the writings of prominent Jewish authors (Josephus and Philo), sectarian movements and texts (the Qumran community, apocalyptic literature, Jesus) and in Jewish institutions such as the Jerusalem Temple and the synagogue. In the Christian tradition, which began as a Jewish movement but developed quickly into a predominantly Gentile tradition, the role and status of Gentile believers in Jesus was always of crucial significance. Did Gentile believers need to convert to Judaism as an essential component of their affiliation with Jesus, or had the appearance of the messiah rendered such distinctions invalid? This volume assesses the wide variety of viewpoints in terms of attitudes towards Gentiles and the status and expectations of Gentiles in the Christian church.
Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World
Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World write by Louis H. Feldman. This book was released on 2021-08-10. Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Relations between Jews and non-Jews in the Hellenistic-Roman period were marked by suspicion and hate, maintain most studies of that topic. But if such conjectures are true, asks Louis Feldman, how did Jews succeed in winning so many adherents, whether full-fledged proselytes or "sympathizers" who adopted one or more Jewish practices? Systematically evaluating attitudes toward Jews from the time of Alexander the Great to the fifth century A.D., Feldman finds that Judaism elicited strongly positive and not merely unfavorable responses from the non-Jewish population. Jews were a vigorous presence in the ancient world, and Judaism was strengthened substantially by the development of the Talmud. Although Jews in the Diaspora were deeply Hellenized, those who remained in Israel were able to resist the cultural inroads of Hellenism and even to initiate intellectual counterattacks. Feldman draws on a wide variety of material, from Philo, Josephus, and other Graeco-Jewish writers through the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha, the Church Councils, Church Fathers, and imperial decrees to Talmudic and Midrashic writings and inscriptions and papyri. What emerges is a rich description of a long era to which conceptions of Jewish history as uninterrupted weakness and suffering do not apply.
Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law
Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law write by Peter Tomson. This book was released on 1990-01-01. Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While interest in Paul's relationship to Judaism has been growing recently, this study adds an important aspect by comparing Paul’s practical instruction with the ancient halakha or Jewish traditional law. First Corinthians is found to be a source of prime importance, and surprisingly, halakha appears to be basic to Paul's instruction for non-Jewish Christians. The book includes thorough discussion of hermeneutic and methodological implications, always viewed in relation to the history of Pauline and Judaic study. Attention is also being paid to the setting within Hellenistic culture. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the texture of Paul's thought and these are applied to two ‘theological’ passages decisive for his place in Judaism. Historical and theological implications are vast, both regarding Paul's relationship to Judaism, his attitude towards Jesus and his Apostles, and the meaning of his teaching concerning justification and the Law.
Anti-Judaism in Early Christianity
Anti-Judaism in Early Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anti-Judaism in Early Christianity write by Peter Richardson. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Anti-Judaism in Early Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The period since the close of World War II has been agonizingly introspective—not least because of the pain of reassessing Christianity’s attitude to Judaism. The early Christian materials have often been examined to assess their role in the long-standing negative attitude of Christians to Jews. The motivation for the early church’s sometimes harsh attitude was partly theological—it needed to define itself over against its parent—and partly sociological—it needed to make clear the line that divided the fledgling group of Christian believers fromt he group with which it was most likely to be confused. This collection of studies emphasizes the context and history of early Christianity in reconsidering many of the classic passages that have contributed to the development of anti-Judaism in Christianity. The volume opens with an essay that clearly delineates the state of the question of anti-Judaism in early Christianity. Then follow discussions of specific passages in the writings of Paul as well as the Gospels.
Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World
Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World write by Yair Furstenberg. This book was released on 2016-06-21. Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jews and Christians under the Roman Empire shared a unique sense of community. Set apart from their civic and cultic surroundings, both groups resisted complete assimilation into the dominant political and social structures. However, Jewish communities differed from their Christian counterparts in their overall patterns of response to the surrounding challenges. They exhibit diverse levels of integration into the civic fabric of the cities of the Empire and display contrary attitudes towards the creation of trans-local communal networks. The variety of local case studies examined in this volume offers an integrated image of the multiple factors, both internal and external, which determined the role of communal identity in creating a sense of belonging among Jews and Christians under Imperial constraints.
