Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah Avodah zarah : questioning the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late antiquity / / by Stephanie E. Binder.

This work studies and compares systematically the text of Tertullian, an African Church Father of the third century CE, on idolatry with the rabbinic Mishnah Avodah Zarah , on the same subject, dating roughly from the same period. Similarities and differences between the Jewish and Christian approac...

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Introduction / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 1. Christians in Carthage / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 2. Jews in Carthage: Between Palestine and the Diaspora / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 3. The “Parting of the Ways” / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 4. Scholarship on the Possible Jewish Influence on Tertullian’s Texts / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 5. Tertullian’s Heresies / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 6. Tertullian’s Place among Other Christian Authors: Views on Idolatry in Comparison / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 7. Tertullian in a Graeco-Roman World / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 8. The Issue of the Jews’ Involvement within the Wider Graeco-Roman World / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Introduction to Part Three / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 9. Comparison / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • 10. Contribution of the Comparison: Jews and Christians in Contact / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Conclusions / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix One Identification of the Festivals Quoted in Mishnah Avodah Zarah I, 3 / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix Two Genousia and Other Celebrations / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix Three Intermarriage / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix Four בימוסיאות / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix Five Mandell vs. Lieberman / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Appendix Six Clothing / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Bibliography / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • Index of Sources / Stéphanie E. Binder
  • General Index / Stéphanie E. Binder.