With acknowledgment that Christian theology contributed to the persecution and genocide of Jews comes a dilemma: how to excise the cancer without killing the patient? Kendall Soulen shows how important Christian assertions -- the uniqueness of Jesus, the Christian covenant, the …
Anti-Judaism on the way from Judaism to Christianity
Anti-Judaism on the way from Judaism to Christianity
Anti-Judaism on the way from Judaism to Christianity
The differing beliefs that emerged between Christianity and Judaism, especially in the first two centuries AD, were mainly caused by the introduction of heavenly beings in the Jewish religion. This resulted in the predominance of a messiah, who will be sent by God as salvator mu…
"The author compares the depiction of Jewish and Christian identity in the Acts of the Apostles with portrayals of civic identity in contemporaneous material and epigraphic remains to demonstrate how the author of Acts identifies Christians with Jewish associations and legitimat…
"The author compares the depiction of Jewish and Christian identity in the Acts of the Apostles with portrayals of civic identity in contemporaneous material and epigraphic remains to demonstrate how the author of Acts identifies Christians with Jewish associations and legitimat…
The first major Church campaign to convert the Jews took place in the 13th century, part of a general drive for religious homogeneity and expansion. For the first time, experts were trained in Jewish studies in order to better represent Christian claims. The Jews counter-attacke…
The Parting of the Ways is James Dunn's classic exploration of the important questions that surround the emergence of Christian distinctiveness and the pulling apart of Christianity and Judaism in the first century of our era. The book begins by surveying the way in which questi…
The Parting of the Ways is James Dunn's classic exploration of the important questions that surround the emergence of Christian distinctiveness and the pulling apart of Christianity and Judaism in the first century of our era. The book begins by surveying the way in which questi…
