Jewish Responses to Early Christians: History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E.

by Claudia Setzer

Overview

What were Jews saying and doing about the followers of Jesus in the first two centuries? In this provocative and comprehensive study, Claudia Setzer argues persuasively that Jews saw the early followers of Jesus as Jews for some time after the Christians viewed themselves as separate from the larger Jewish communities.

This book provides historical context and nuanced exegesis of texts that continue to be "trouble spots" in Jewish-Christian relations. It illuminates the diverse strands of early anti-Judaism while providing the reader with some surprises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800626808
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	11/01/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Claudia Setzer is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY. Her books include The Bible in the American Experience (co-edited with David Shefferman), The Bible and American Culture: A Sourcebook (co-edited with David Shefferman), Resurrection of the Body in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Doctrine, Community, and Self-Definition, and Jewish Responses to Early Christians: History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part One: Materials that Report Jewish Reactions to Christians

The Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Letters

The Synoptic Gospels

The Book of Acts

The Gospel of John

Revelation

Josephus

The Martydom of Polycarp

The Gospel of Peter

The Christian Apologists

Jewish and Christian Writers After 150 C.E.

Part Two: Major Trends

Major Trends Detected

Tolerance

Physical Attacks

Verbal Reactions

Observations

Notes

Bibliography

Indexes