Ignatius of Antioch and the Parting of the Ways: Early Jewish-Christian Relations
"A vigorous, impressively researched and incisive study of Ignatius, firmly rooting him in historical context. Robinson challenges effectively some fashionable ideas about Ignatius and early Christianity, e.g., multiple `Christianities' and `Judaisms,' and the supposedly late differentiation of Christianity from its Jewish matrix. This is an important work whose arguments must be reckoned with hereafter." --Larry Hurtado, Head of the School of Divinity and Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology, New College, University of Edinburgh"Thomas Robinson succeeds in introducing readers to the multiple issues involved in interpreting Ignatius' comments about Judaism with an accessible style alongside evident mastery of a wide range of recent discussion. Its detailed analysis of the social and historical setting of Jews and Christians in Antioch is a model of what is needed in exploring particular situations and writings, and will ensure that the book becomes a standard contribution to the `the Parting of theWays debate' as well as to the study of Ignatius himself." --Judith Lieu, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge