Crossing over sea and land : Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period / Michael F. Bird.
Publication details: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2010.Description: xvi, 208 p. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781598564341 (alk. paper)
- 159856434X (alk. paper)
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BSOP Library | GC | BM729.P7 B53 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00057391 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction. Excursus: "Jews" and "Judaism" -- Defining "mission" and "conversion" in the ancient world. Mission and conversion : sociological and ideological elements ; Excursus 1: God-fearers ; Excursus 2: Proselytism and demographics -- Jewish missionary activity in Palestine. Forced conversions in Palestine -- Qumran ; Matthew 23:15 ; Inscriptions from Palestine ; Rabbinic literature -- Jewish missionary activity in the diaspora. Socioreligious context of the diaspora ; Pagan attraction to Judaism ; Josephus ; Philo ; Apologetic-propagandistic literature ; Greek and Latin literature -- Evidence from the New Testament and early Christian literature. An early Jewish Christian mission to gentiles ; Missionary competition between Jews and Christians -- Conclusion.
