Rebecca’s Children: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman WorldHarvard University Press, 15 de mar. de 1989 - 224 páginas Renowned scholar Alan F. Segal offers startlingly new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social, cultural, and ideological context, as well as the same minority status, in the first century of the common era. |
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... claim of the divine origin of law was in no way unusual. All the great ancient Near Eastern cultures at the time of the Hebrews, as well as for centuries before them, thought of themselves as subject to laws given to them by their gods ...
... claiming a grievance. Amos is reminding his hearers that Israel entered into a contract with Yahweh, sealed by an oath, on which the people have defaulted. Yahweh must therefore seek redress by lawful means. Amos assumes the original ...
... claim a twin birth . It is a startling truth that the reli- gions we know today as Judaism and Christianity were born at the same time and nurtured in the same environment . Like Jacob and Esau , the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca , the ...
... claim of the divine origin of law was in no way unusual . All the great ancient Near Eastern cultures at the time of the Hebrews , as well as for centuries before them , thought of themselves as subject to laws given to them by their ...
... claiming a grievance . Amos is reminding his hearers that Israel entered into a contract with Yahweh , sealed by an oath , on which the people have defaulted . Yahweh must therefore seek redress by lawful means . Amos assumes the ...
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Society in the Time of Jesus | 38 |
Jesus the Jewish Revolutionary | 68 |
Paul the Convert and Apostle | 96 |
Origins of the Rabbinic Movement | 117 |
Communities in Conflict | 142 |
The Ways Divide | 163 |
Notes | 183 |
Scriptural Index | 197 |
General Index | 199 |