Crossing over sea and land
Subtitle: Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period
By: Michael F. Bird.
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Peabody, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781598564341
Subjects: Proselytizing -- Judaism -- History; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Judaism -- Relations; Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Defining "mission" and "conversion" in the ancient world; title: Mission and conversion : social and ideological elements; title: Excursus 1: God-fearers; title: Excursus 2: Proselytism and demographics; title: Jewish missionary activity in Palestine; title: Forced conversions in Palestine; title: Qumran; title: Matthew 23:15; title: Inscriptions from Palestine; title: Rabbinic literature; title: Jewish missionary activity in the diaspora; title: Socioreligious context of the diaspora; title: Pagan attraction to Judaism; title: Josephus; title: Philo; title: Apologetic-propagandistic literature; title: Greek and Latin literature; title: Evidence from the New Testament and early Christian literature; title: An early Jewish Christian mission to gentiles; title: Missionary competition between Jews and Christians; title: Conclusion.