Anti-Judaism and Early Christian Identity: A Critique of the Scholarly Consensus
Against
the scholarly consensus that assumes early Christians were involved in a
rivalry for converts with contemporary Jews, this book shows that the
target of patristic writers was rather a symbolic Judaism, and their aim
was to define theologically the young church's identity.In identifying
and categorizing the hypotheses put forward by modern scholars to defend
their view of a Jewish-Christian "conflict," this book demonstrates how
current theories have generated faulty notions about the perceptions
and motivations of ancient Christians and Jews.Beyond its relevance to
students of the early church, this book addresses the broader question
of Christian responsibility for modern anti-Semitism. It shows how the
focus on a supposedly social rivalry, obscures the depth and disquieting
nature of the connections between early anti-Judaism and Christian
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