Jewish responses to early Christians

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In this provacative and comprehensive study, Claudia J. Setzer argues persuasively that Jews saw the early followers of Jesus as Jews for some time after the Christians viewed themselves as separate from the larger Jewish communities. This book provides historical context and nuanced exegesis of texts that continue to be "trouble spots" in Jewish-Christian relations. It illuminates the diverse strands of early anti- Judaism while providing the reader with some surprises. -- Christianbook.com. What were Jews saying and doing about the followers of Jesus in the first two centuries? In this provocative and comprehensive study, Claudia Setzer argues persuasively that Jews saw the early followers of Jesus as Jews for some time after the Christians viewed themselves as separate from the larger Jewish communities. This book provides historical context and nuanced exegesis of texts that continue to be "trouble spots" in Jewish-Christian relations. It illuminates the diverse strands of early anti-Judaism while providing the reader with some surprises. -- Publisher's description.

subjects: Bible,  Judaism,  Criticism, interpretation,  Christianity in rabbinical literature,  Relations,  Christianity,  Jews in the New Testament,  Church history,  Christianity and other religions,  History,  Polemik,  Histoire,  Christendom,  Jodendom,  Interfaith relations,  Bibel,  Église,  Polemieken,  11.27 relation Judaism-Christianity,  Primitive and early church,  Talmudic period,  Judaïsme,  Christentum,  Juifs dans le Nouveau Testament,  Judentum,  Neues Testament,  Juden,  Christianisme dans la littérature rabbinique,  Christianisme,  Critique, interprétation,  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t.,  Judaism, relations, christianity,  Judaism, history, talmudic period, 10-425,  Christianity and other religions, judaism,  Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Times: Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600,  Talmudic period, 10-425