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Contesting conversion : genealogy, circumcision, and identity in ancient Judaism and Christianity / Matthew Thiessen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thiessen, Matthew, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews.
- Gentiles.
- Conversion--Judaism.
- Conversion.
- Circumcision--Biblical teaching.
- Circumcision.
- Berit milah.
- Circumcision--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced study of the nature of Jewish thought with regard to Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose.
- Contents:
- Ishmael, Isaac, and covenantal circumcision in Genesis 17
- Uncircumcised and circumcised gentiles in the Hebrew Bible
- Eighth-day circumcision in Jubilees
- Jewishness as genealogy in the late Second Temple period
- Jews, gentiles, and circumcision in early Christianity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-979367-0
- 9786613423115
- 1-283-42311-1
- OCLC:
- 757856636
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