Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah ʹAvodah zarah : questioning the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late antiquity /

Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah ʹAvodah zarah : questioning the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late antiquity /

This work studies and compares systematically the text of Tertullian, an African Church Father of the third century CE, on idolatry with the rabbinic Mishnah Avodah Zarah , on the same subject, dating roughly from the same period. Similarities and differences between the Jewish and Christian approac...

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Main Author: Binder, Stephanie E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 22.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

Subjects:

Tertullian, > ca. 160-ca. 230. > De idololatria.
Mishnah. > Avodah zarah > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Idolatry.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues.
RELIGION / Christianity / General.

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Call Number: BR65.T349 B56 2012eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • 1. Christians in Carthage /
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  • 2. Jews in Carthage: Between Palestine and the Diaspora /
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  • 3. The "Parting of the Ways" /
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  • 4. Scholarship on the Possible Jewish Influence on Tertullian's Texts /
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  • 5. Tertullian's Heresies /
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  • 6. Tertullian's Place among Other Christian Authors: Views on Idolatry in Comparison /
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  • 7. Tertullian in a Graeco-Roman World /
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  • 8. The Issue of the Jews' Involvement within the Wider Graeco-Roman World /
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  • Introduction to Part Three /
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  • 9. Comparison /
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  • 10. Contribution of the Comparison: Jews and Christians in Contact /
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  • Conclusions /
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  • Appendix One Identification of the Festivals Quoted in Mishnah Avodah Zarah I, 3 /
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  • Appendix Two Genousia and Other Celebrations /
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  • Appendix Three Intermarriage /
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  • Appendix Four בימוסיאות /
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  • Appendix Five Mandell vs. Lieberman /
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  • Appendix Six Clothing /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index of Sources /
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  • General Index /
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