The mark of Cain and the Jews
Subtitle: Augustine's theology of Jews and Judaism
By: Lisa A. Unterseher.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Series: Gorgias dissertations -- 39; Early Christian studies -- 9
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593338961
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo -- Relations with Jews; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity and antisemitism -- History
Genres: Relations with Jews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Augustine and the Adversus Judaeos tradition; title: A brief overview of scholarship on Augustine and the Jews; title: Outline of the book; title: The legal and social context of Augustine's theology of Judaism; title: The legal status of Judaism prior to Christian emperors; title: Imperial laws regarding Jews between 380-430; title: Augustine's knowledge of Jews in North Africa; title: Cain and Abel in the pre-Augustinian exegetical tradition; title: The salutary function of exegesis; title: Cain and Abel as moral exemplars; title: The salutary accent in Philo and Ambrose; title: The salutary import of Cain's punishments; title: Cain as representative of the Jews; title: Augustine's exegtical pilgrimage; title: De Genesi contra Manichaeos; title: De Utilitate credendi; title: Tyconius; title: De Doctrina christiana; title: Augustine's theology of Jews and Judaism; title: The theological concerns in the Contra faustum; title: The mark of Cain and the Jews; title: The Christian tradition on the mosaic law; title: The spiritual significance of Sripture; title: The debate in book twelve of the Contra faustum; title: Augustine's exegesis on Genesis; title: Reverberating themes; title: The link between Genesis 4:15 and Psalm 58:12; title: Correspondence with Paulinus of Nola; title: De Civitate dei; title: Adversus Judaeos.