Mission and Conversion Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire

Name: Mission and Conversion Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire
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ISBN: 9780198149415

ISBN-10: 0198149417

ISBN-13: 9780198149415

Edition: 1994

Authors: Martin Goodman

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This is a controversial and important new examination of the origins of Christian mission, set against the background of ancient Judaism and the pagan culture of the Roman Empire. The author's conclusions suggest that mission was not inherent to either early Judaism or Christianity, and was only sporadically practiced in antiquity by these religions. Clear, accessible, and at the same time displaying considerable scholarship, this book will provide an important challenge and a stimulus to both theologians and historians. In invites a total reconsideration of the grounds for religious conversion in both Christianity and Judaism.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/21/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.69" wide x 8.81" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.858

Martin Goodman is the author of "In Search of the Divine Mother" & "On Bended Knees", which was short listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award, as well as numerous stories, magazine articles, & plays. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, & the French Pyrenees.

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xii
The Significance of Proselytizing	p. 1
The Diffusion of Cults and Philosophies in the Pagan Roman Empire	p. 20
Judaism Before 100 Ce Attitudes to Gentile Paganism	p. 38
Judaism Before 100 Ce Proselytes and Proselytizing	p. 60
Mission in the Early Church	p. 91
Judaism in the Talmudic Period Attitudes to Gentile Paganism	p. 109
Judaism in the Talmudic Period Proselytes and Proselytizing	p. 129
The Consequences and Origins of Proselytizing	p. 154
Bibliography	p. 175
Index	p. 189
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