Anti-Judaism and Early Christian Identity

A Critique of the Scholarly Consensus
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-10186-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Studia Post Biblica

Against the scholarly consensus that assumes early Christians were involved in a rivalry for converts with contemporary Jews, this book shows that the target of patristic writers was rather a symbolic Judaism, and their aim was to define theologically the young church's identity.
In identifying and categorizing the hypotheses put forward by modern scholars to defend their view of a Jewish-Christian "conflict", this book demonstrates how current theories have generated faulty notions about the perceptions and motivations of ancient Christians and Jews.
Beyond its relevance to students of the early church, this book addresses the broader question of Christian responsibility for modern anti-Semitism. It shows how the focus on a supposedly social rivalry, obscures the depth and disquieting nature of the connections between early anti-Judaism and Christian identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Miriam S

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Miriam Taylor currently works for a Jewish research institute in Montreal. After doing policy-oriented political research in Ottawa, she took her D.Phil.in Theology at Oxford (1992). Her major research interest is in the sources of Christian anti-Semitism.