Dying for God

Stanford University Press

1999

xi, 247 p.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-236) and index

9780804736176

Introduction: When Christians were Jews: on Judeo-Christian origins. -- The close call; or, Could a Pharisee be a Christian? -- Quo vadis?; or, The acts of the tricksters. -- Thinking with virgins: engendering Judeo-Christian difference. -- Whose martyrdom is this anyway? -- Appendix to Chapter 4: On the methodology and theology of W.H.C. Frend's Martyrdom and persecution in the early church

In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity, interpreting the two "new" religions as intensely and complexly intertwined throughout this period.

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