Crossing over sea and land : Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period

Michael F. Bird
Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson Publishers, [2010]
xvi, 208 p. ; 22 cm
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  • 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.
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  • Hendrickson Publishers, [2010]
  • 159856434X
  • 9781598564341
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AOVB