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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... period of the birth of rabbinic Judaism and Christian- ity , from roughly 200 before the common era ( B.C.E. ) to 200 of the common era ( C.E. ) , was like modern times in important ways . 1 It was characterized by a degree of ...
... period help to frame the history of early Judaism and Christianity , where the social setting might otherwise be obscured by the profound and timeless values in the texts . A clear definition of religion is hard to achieve , because ...
... of Israel considered all his- torical events to result from the direct intervention of God in continual and unique response to their communal behavior . The various Israelite groups and classes from the period of Introduction 11.
... period of the Babylonian exile to the time of Jesus interpreted the events of their history in terms of the covenantal root metaphor . The fact that different groups found very different and , in some cases , opposing meanings in these ...
... period . Once it is clear that God's sacred presence itself cannot be clearly seen , the human value of the vision becomes evident . God's presence moves like an earthly caravan , albeit a splendid one . Having abandoned the Temple just ...
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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 |