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Brothers estranged : heresy, Christianity, and Jewish identity in late antiquity / Adiel Schremer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schremer, Adiel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heresy in rabbinical literature.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Jewish heretics.
- Providence and government of God--Judaism.
- Providence and government of God.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.
- Solidarity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Solidarity.
- Faith (Judaism).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The emergence of formative Judaism has traditionally been examined in light of a theological preoccupation with the two competing religious movements, 'Christianity' and 'Judaism,' in the first centuries of the Common Era. In this book Ariel Schremer attempts to shift the scholarly consensus away from this paradigm.
- Contents:
- "Where is their God?" : destruction, defeat, and identity crisis
- Conceptualizing minut : the denial of God and the renunciation of his people
- Laws of minim
- Becoming minut : labeling the early Christians as minim
- Christian belief and rabbinic faith
- Significant brothers
- Conclusion: A different perspective.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-260) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045248-X
- 0-19-977728-4
- 0-19-972617-5
- OCLC:
- 728280235
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