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Paula Fredriksen
A compelling account of Christianity’s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world’s leading scholars of ancient religion
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How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety
The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For…
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Focusing on the period that led to Augustine’s new understanding of Paul and to his classic work The Confessions, Fredriksen shows how Augustine’s struggle to read the Bible led him…
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Now in paperback, this provocative exploration of the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of Christian anti-Judaism shows how and why Augustine challenged this toxic tradition.
These essays are well-informed, interesting, and written in an accessible style. The perspectives represented raise unexpected and important issues, eliciting the reader’s engagement and creating an absorbing conversation. –Margaret R…
Ancient Christians invoked sin to account for an astonishing range of things, from the death of God’s son to the politics of the Roman Empire that worshipped him. This book…
An acclaimed historian of Christianity reveals a historical Jesus living in the tumultuous world of late Second Temple Judaism, a man who was an observant Jew of his time rather…
Paul Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission in light of the delay of the…
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A groundbreaking new portrait of the apostle Paul, from one of today’s leading historians of antiquity
Dieses Buch fragt, wie es dazu gekommen ist, dass eine kleine Gruppe charismatischer Juden eine Bewegung begrundete, die sich zu einer weltweiten Kirche unter den Volkern entwickelte. Sie sahen ihre…
Current scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to nonspecialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While…
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Professor of biblical studies and dean of Harvard Divinity School, bishop in his native Stockholm and pathbreaking participant in interreligious dialogue, scholar, and pastor: Krister Stendahl served-with grace, humility, and…
This volume offers reflections on anti-Semitism, philo-Semitism and anti-Judaism in biblical scholarship from the 19th century to the present. The authors invite us to prepare the way for scholarship that…
In this book, the contributors explore Paul’s message and theology within the context of Second Temple Judaism from both traditional and contemporary viewpoints.
Despite Augustine’s reputation as the father of Christian intolerance, one finds in his thought the surprising claim that within non-Christian writings there are ‘some truths in regard even to the…
The volume charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are…
