Crossing over sea and land :
Bird, Michael F.
Crossing over sea and land : Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period / Michael F. Bird. - Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2010. - xvi, 208 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction. Excursus: "Jews" and "Judaism" -- Defining "mission" and "conversion" in the ancient world. Mission and conversion : sociological and ideological elements ; Excursus 1: God-fearers ; Excursus 2: Proselytism and demographics -- Jewish missionary activity in Palestine. Forced conversions in Palestine -- Qumran ; Matthew 23:15 ; Inscriptions from Palestine ; Rabbinic literature -- Jewish missionary activity in the diaspora. Socioreligious context of the diaspora ; Pagan attraction to Judaism ; Josephus ; Philo ; Apologetic-propagandistic literature ; Greek and Latin literature -- Evidence from the New Testament and early Christian literature. An early Jewish Christian mission to gentiles ; Missionary competition between Jews and Christians -- Conclusion.
9781598564341 (alk. paper) 159856434X (alk. paper)
2009031144
Proselytizing--Judaism--History.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism--Relations.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
BM 729 .P7 / B57 2010
296.6/90937
Crossing over sea and land : Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period / Michael F. Bird. - Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2010. - xvi, 208 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction. Excursus: "Jews" and "Judaism" -- Defining "mission" and "conversion" in the ancient world. Mission and conversion : sociological and ideological elements ; Excursus 1: God-fearers ; Excursus 2: Proselytism and demographics -- Jewish missionary activity in Palestine. Forced conversions in Palestine -- Qumran ; Matthew 23:15 ; Inscriptions from Palestine ; Rabbinic literature -- Jewish missionary activity in the diaspora. Socioreligious context of the diaspora ; Pagan attraction to Judaism ; Josephus ; Philo ; Apologetic-propagandistic literature ; Greek and Latin literature -- Evidence from the New Testament and early Christian literature. An early Jewish Christian mission to gentiles ; Missionary competition between Jews and Christians -- Conclusion.
9781598564341 (alk. paper) 159856434X (alk. paper)
2009031144
Proselytizing--Judaism--History.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism--Relations.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
BM 729 .P7 / B57 2010
296.6/90937