Hellenistic “Judaism” and the Social Origins of the “Pagan-Christian” Debate

Why did Latin writers label non-Christians with a word that evoked lack of culture (paganus) while their Greek brethren used a word (Hellene) that connoted the finest education around? This article proposes that Christians who used the latter adopted it from the world of the late Second Temple perio...

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Main Author: Boin, Douglas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2014
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-196
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