Establishing boundaries : Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers / by F.J.E. Boddens Hosang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boddens Hosang, F. J. E.

Series:

Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; v. 19.

Jewish and Christian perspectives series, 1388-2074 ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the ongoing close relations between ordinary Christians and Jews on a daily basis at a time when church leaders were increasingly trying to establish boundaries between Christians and other religious groupings, especially Jews. Until recently, most historical studies of late antique Christian-Jewish relations had been primarily based on the writings of the church fathers.This new study makes use of a new type of source material: fourth to late sixth century council documents in which clear indications are given of the daily relationships between Christians and Jews. The texts from the eastern and western Mediterranean describe contacts between Christianity and Judaism at the level of ordinary people. These contacts remained close for a much longer period than the church leaders would have liked.

Contents:

Fourth century developments

Jews and Christians in the scholarly debate

Judaism in decline

Parting of the ways

A different type of

Source material: council texts

The Council of Elvira

Pre-fourth century

Archeological and literary evidence for Jews and Christians in Spain

The Jewish evidence

The Christian evidence

Fourth century evidence for Jews and Christians in Spain

Jewish evidence

Christian evidence

Jews in Christian texts

Graeco-Roman meals

Jewish meals

Christian meals

The Council of Laodicea

Fourth century Anatolia: introduction

Jewish evidence in Anatolia

Evidence for Christians in Anatolia

The Apostolic Canons

Fourth century Antioch: Jewish and Christian evidence

Christian-Jewish relations in Church Father texts

Gaul

Fifth century Gaul

Christian authors on Jews and Judaism

The text of the Statuta ecclesiae antiqua

Later Gallic Councils (c. 465-541)

Vannes

Agde

Epaon

Orleans II

Clermont

Orleans III

Orleans IV.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78675-X

9786612786754

90-04-19065-1

OCLC:

667271531

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004182554.i-201 DOI