Jewish-Christian Conversation in Fourth-Century Persian Mesopotamia : : A Reconstructed Conversation / / Naomi Koltun-Fromm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Koltun-Fromm, Naomi,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Judaism in Context
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)

Was there an active Jewish-Christian polemic in fourth-century Persia? Aphrahat’s Demonstrations, a fourth-century adversus Judaeos text, clearly indicates that fourth-century Persian Christians were interested in the debate. Is there evidence of this polemic in the rabbinic literature? Despite the lack of a comparable Jewish or rabbinic adversus Christianos literature, there is evidence, both from Aphrahat and the Rabbis that this polemic was not one sided.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Jews, Christians and Persecutions in Fourth-Century Persia -- Chapter 2. Chosenness: The Election of Israel -- Chapter 3. Marriage and Celibacy in Jewish and Christian Tradition -- Chapter 4. Ritual: Passover and Circumcision -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Post Second Temple Passover Sacrifices? -- Bibliography