Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries: Mapping the Second Century

Matthijs den Dulk is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at Radboud University Nijmegen and Academic Director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion. Recent publications include Between Jews and Heretics: Refiguring Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho (Routledge, 2018). Joshua Schwartz is Emeritus Professor of Historical Geography of Ancient Israel at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. He has published books and articles on the historical geography and history of ancient Israel, including Jews and Christians in Roman-Byzantine Palestine: History, Daily Life and Material Culture, Volumes 1-2 (Peter Lang, 2018). Peter J. Tomson retired as Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Brussels and as Guest Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Leuven, and is presently Associated Researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen. Recent publications include Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (Mohr Siebeck, 2021). Joseph Verheyden is Emeritus Professor of New Testament in the Faculty of Theology and religious Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Recent publications include the co-edited volume, Jews and Christians − Parting Ways in the First two Centuries CE? (with J. Schroeter and B.A. Edsall, De Gruyter, 2021).

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Abbreviations





Notes on Contributors





Introduction





1 Jews and Christians in the Second Century: Reflections on Ancient and Modern Cartographies


 Matthijs den Dulk





2 Exploring the Great Unknowns of the Mid-second Century CE


 Peter J. Tomson





3 Mapping the Ancient Evidence: Pots, Pans and the Religious (?) Material Culture of Jews and Christians in the Second Century CE


 Joshua Schwartz





4 The Jews in Clement of Alexandria


 Carl Johan Berglund





5 Jews, Christians and Pagans in Second Century Carthage in Light of Mishna Avoda Zara and Tertullian, De Idololatria


 Stéphanie E. Binder





6 Jews and Christians in the Second Century as Seen by a Fourth-Century Christian and (Would-Be) Historian


 Joseph Verheyden





7 Jewish Self-Identity in the Second Century: the Role of ‘The Land’


 Isaiah Gafni





8 The Rise and Fall of ‘Gentile’ Identity in Early Christianity


 Ishay Rosen-Zvi





9 The Body of God and Song of Songs: a Re-examination of Shiur Koma in Light of Rabbinic Literature


 Tamar Kadari





10 Halakhic Text and Historical Context: the Attitude of the Sages to Greco-Roman Culture from the Second to the Fourth Century


 Emmanuel Friedheim





11 Chains of Transmission, Authority and Polemics: Rabbinic, Christian and Manichean Texts


 Michal Bar-Asher Siegal





Index of Sources





Index of Ancient Names





Index of Modern Authors