The Christians who became Jews: acts of the Apostles and ethnicity in the Roman city

When considering Jewish identity in Acts of the Apostles, scholars have often emphasized Jewish and Christian religious difference, an emphasis that masks the intersections of civic, ethnic, and religious identifications in antiquity. Christopher Stroup's innovative work explores the depiction...

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Autore principale: Stroup, Christopher (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: New Haven London Yale University Press [2020]
In:Anno: 2020
Periodico/Rivista:Synkrisis
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Bibel. Apostelgeschichte / Città / Ebraismo / Etnicità / Identità / Cristianesimo delle origini
Notazioni IxTheo:HC Nuovo Testamento
Altre parole chiave:B Etnicità
B Cristianesimo delle origini
B Bible ; Acts
B Bibel ; Apostelgeschichte
B Identità
B Judaism (Christian theology)
B Città
B Ebraismo
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Römisches Reich
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Riepilogo:When considering Jewish identity in Acts of the Apostles, scholars have often emphasized Jewish and Christian religious difference, an emphasis that masks the intersections of civic, ethnic, and religious identifications in antiquity. Christopher Stroup's innovative work explores the depiction of Jewish and Christian identity by analyzing ethnicity within a broader material and epigraphic context. Examining Acts through a new lens, he shows that the text presents Jews and Jewish identity in multiple, complex ways, in order to legitimate the Jewishness of Christians
Descrizione fisica:xiii, 220 Seiten
ISBN:978-0-300-24789-3
0-300-24789-3