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Leaving the fold : apostates and defectors in antiquity / Stephen G. Wilson.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BT1319 .W55 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, S. G. (Stephen G.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apostasy--Christianity--History.
- Apostasy.
- Apostasy--Christianity.
- History.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Apostasy--Judaism--History.
- Apostasy--Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 158 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Movement from one community of faith to another can create strife, pain, and social dislocation. In this astute analysis, Wilson exammes the ancient sources for clues to how leaving one religious group for another happened, what motivated defectors, and the different ways Jews, Christians, and pagans interpreted this type of decision.
- Contents:
- 1 Surveying the Horizon 1
- 2 Jewish Apostates 23
- 3 Christian Apostates 66
- 4 Pagan Defectors 100.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-149) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0800636759
- OCLC:
- 55962554
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