Jewish-Christian Conversation in Fourth-Century Persian Mesopotamia : : A Reconstructed Conversation /

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

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...

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

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