Establishing boundaries: Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers
This book addresses the ongoing close relations between ordinary Christians and Jews on a daily basis at a time when church leaders were increasingly trying to establish boundaries between Christians and other religious groupings, especially Jews. Until recently, most historical studies of late anti...
| Riepilogo: | This book addresses the ongoing close relations between ordinary Christians and Jews on a daily basis at a time when church leaders were increasingly trying to establish boundaries between Christians and other religious groupings, especially Jews. Until recently, most historical studies of late antique Christian-Jewish relations had been primarily based on the writings of the church fathers. This new study makes use of a new type of source material: fourth to late sixth century council documents in which clear indications are given of the daily relationships between Christians and Jews. The tex |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004190651 |