The Christian Schism in Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Hardcover)

How did Jews perceive the first Christians? By what means did they come to appreciate Christianity as a religion distinct from their own? In The Christian Schism in Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Professor Joshua Ezra Burns addresses those questions by describing the birth of Christianity as a function of the Jewish past. Surveying a range of ancient evidences, he examines how the authors of Judaism's earliest surviving memories of Christianity speak to the perspectives of rabbinic observers who were conditioned by the unique circumstances of their encounters with Christianity to recognize its adherents as fellow Jews. Only upon the decline of the Church's Jewish demographic were their successors compelled to see Christianity as something other than a variation of Jewish cultural expression. The evolution of thought in the classical Jewish literary record thus offers a dynamic account of Christianity's separation from Judaism counterbalancing the abrupt schism attested in contemporary Christian texts.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Joshua Ezra Burns
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-12047-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Interfaith relations Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Interfaith relations Promotions
LSN:	1-107-12047-0
Barcode:	9781107120471

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