Related Strangers
Jews and Christians 70-170 C.E.
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Related Strangers: Jews and Christians 70-170 C.E.
This book examines Jewish-Christian relations during one of the most formative but also most obscure centuries, when many of the features that have characterized the interaction of Jews and Christians down to this day were first formulated. Starting from incisive description of canonical and noncanonical literature of this period, Wilson clarifies perceptions of the different groups that were in dialogue and dispute.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800637330
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 432
- Publication Date December 1, 2004
Endorsements
"This excellent book is lively, learned, and accessible. Stephen Wilson is master of a very wide range of early Christian and Jewish writings: there is no comparable discussion available. Scholars and students alike will value the author's clarity and balanced judgment."
— Graham N. Stanton, King's College, London
"This book is a comprehensive, sensible, sober, and irenic survey of a great deal of complicated material. It calls yet again for scholarly attention to an important formative period for Christianity and hence Christianity's thoughts on Jews and Judaism. It will ahve an enormous effect on the field."
— Alan F. Segal, Barnard College
Table of Contents
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Preface
- THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
The Jewish Revolts and Their Consequences
Jews, Christians, and Roman Politics
The Jews in Roman Society
The Christians in Roman Society
Conclusion
- JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE CANONICAL NARRATIVES
Mark: The Shadow of War — Apocalypse and Crisis
Matthew: The Shadow of Yavneh — Authority and Praxis
Luke-Acts: The Shadow of Rome — Synagogue and State
John: The Shadow of Orthodoxy — From Messianism to Ditheism
Conclusion
- APOCRYPHA
Christian Apocrypha
Christian Adaptations of Jewish Apocrypha
Conclusion
- SUPERSESSION: HEBREWS AND BARNABAS
The Epistle to the Hebrews
The Epistle of Barnabas
Summary
- JEWISH CHRISTIANS AND GENTILE JUDAIZERS
Jewish Christians
Gentile Judaizers
Conclusion
- JEWISH REACTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY
Jewish Persecution of Christians
The Yavnean Sagas
Jewish Allusions to Jesus and Christians
Conclusion
- GNOSTICS AND MARCIONITES
Gnosticism
Marcion
Conclusion
- PATTERNS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP
Dependence and Independence in Early Christian Worship
From Sabbath to Sunday
From Passover to Easter
Melito's Paschal Homily
Summary
- DIALOGUE AND DISPUTE: JUSTIN
Address
Main Themes
Background and Sources
Justin's Trypho and Celsus' Jew
Summary
- AN OVERVIEW
Notes
Modern Author Index
Subject Index
Ancient Sources Index
Abbreviations of Modern Sources
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
Introduction