The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social-Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity
One
of the major puzzles of Western civilization is how early 2nd century
Christianity was transformed into a non-Jewish, Gentile religion, when
Christianity began as one of many Jewish factions in the diverse Judaism
of the period. Zetterholm uses theoretical insights from the social
sciences to deal with the complex issues raised by the parting of
Judaism and Christianity, and the accompanying rise of Christian
anti-Semitism in ancient Antioch. While previous attempts to solve this
problem have focused mainly on ideology, his study emphasizes the
interplay between sociological and ideological elements.
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