Title: The origins of anti-semitism :
Authors: Gager, John G.
Date: 1983
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: viii, 312 pages ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC class: D
Abstract: Examines the presence of anti-Semitism among the Greeks, Romans, and early Christians and argues that anti-Semitism was rare in the ancient world.
Contents: Anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism : the modern debate. From Jules Isaac to Rosemary Ruether ; Consensus and crisis in the response to Ruether -- Judaism and Judaizing among Gentiles : attractions and reactions. The Greek and Roman encounter with Judaism : philosophy and politics ; The later Roman encounter with Judaism : philosophy and politics ; The later Roman encounter with Judaism : the politics of sympathy and conversion ; Against the stream : sympathy for Judaism in imperial Rome ; Roman policy toward Judaism and the rise of Christianity ; The dialogue of paganism with Judaism in late antiquity : philosophers and magicians -- Christianity, Israel, and the Torah. Judaizing and anti-Judaism in the Christian tradition ; Controversies and debates between Jews and Christians ; Anti-Judaism in the theological response to Marcion and the Christian Gnostics ; Paul's friends and enemies -- The case of Paul. On reinventing Paul ; Has Christ abrogated the Torah? Has God rejected his people? -- What circumstances gave rise to Paul's extended discussion of Israel, the Torah, and the Gentiles? -- What was the heart of Paul's argument with the Jews, his kinsmen by race?
Notes: Errata slip inserted.