Religious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity /
Religious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity /
Leif E. Vaage, editor.
- Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006.
- xvi, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism / �Etudes sur le christianisme et le juda�isme ; 18 .
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-304) and index.
Ancient religious rivalries and the struggle for success: Christians, Jews, and others in the early Roman Empire / Declining polis? Religious rivalries in ancient civic context / Rivalry and defection / Is the pagan fair fairly dangerous? Jewish-pagan relations in antiquity / My rival, my fellow: conceptual and methodological prolegomena to mapping inter-religious relations in 2nd- and 3rd-century CE Levantine society using the evidence of early rabbinic texts / field God has assigned": geography and mission in Paul / Contra Apionem in social and literary context: an invitation to Judean philosophy / On becoming a Mithraist: new evidence for the propagation of the mysteries / Rodney Stark and "the mission to the Jews" / "Look how they love one another": early Christian and pagan care for the sick and other charity / Religious market of the Roman Empire: Rodney Stark and Christianity's pagan competition / Why Christianity succeeded (in) the Roman Empire / Leif E. Vaage -- Philip A. Harland -- Stephen G. Wilson -- Reena Basser -- Jack N. Lightstone -- Terence L. Donaldson -- Steve Mason -- Roger Beck -- Adele Reinhartz -- Steven C. Muir -- Roger Beck -- Leif E. Vaage. "The
0889204497 9780889204492
2006411719
20069002495
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianisme--Relations--Religion romaine.
�Eglise--Histoire--ca 30-600 (�Eglise primitive)
Rome (Italy)--Religion.
Rome--Religion.
BL96 / .R45 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-304) and index.
Ancient religious rivalries and the struggle for success: Christians, Jews, and others in the early Roman Empire / Declining polis? Religious rivalries in ancient civic context / Rivalry and defection / Is the pagan fair fairly dangerous? Jewish-pagan relations in antiquity / My rival, my fellow: conceptual and methodological prolegomena to mapping inter-religious relations in 2nd- and 3rd-century CE Levantine society using the evidence of early rabbinic texts / field God has assigned": geography and mission in Paul / Contra Apionem in social and literary context: an invitation to Judean philosophy / On becoming a Mithraist: new evidence for the propagation of the mysteries / Rodney Stark and "the mission to the Jews" / "Look how they love one another": early Christian and pagan care for the sick and other charity / Religious market of the Roman Empire: Rodney Stark and Christianity's pagan competition / Why Christianity succeeded (in) the Roman Empire / Leif E. Vaage -- Philip A. Harland -- Stephen G. Wilson -- Reena Basser -- Jack N. Lightstone -- Terence L. Donaldson -- Steve Mason -- Roger Beck -- Adele Reinhartz -- Steven C. Muir -- Roger Beck -- Leif E. Vaage. "The
0889204497 9780889204492
2006411719
20069002495
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianisme--Relations--Religion romaine.
�Eglise--Histoire--ca 30-600 (�Eglise primitive)
Rome (Italy)--Religion.
Rome--Religion.
BL96 / .R45 2006