The Christians Who Became Jews: Acts of the Apostles and Ethnicity in the Roman City

"The author compares the depiction of Jewish and Christian identity in the Acts of the Apostles with portrayals of civic identity in contemporaneous material and epigraphic remains to demonstrate how the author of Acts identifies Christians with Jewish associations and legitimates an idealized image of Christian gatherings in ways similar to elite negotiations of civic identity. This study provides a recontextualization of Acts and its depiction of Jewish identity within larger Roman era discourses that configured the ... Read More

"The author compares the depiction of Jewish and Christian identity in the Acts of the Apostles with portrayals of civic identity in contemporaneous material and epigraphic remains to demonstrate how the author of Acts identifies Christians with Jewish associations and legitimates an idealized image of Christian gatherings in ways similar to elite negotiations of civic identity. This study provides a recontextualization of Acts and its depiction of Jewish identity within larger Roman era discourses that configured the relations between gods and humans along ancestral and civic lines"-- Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $65.00 Title: The Christians Who Became Jews by Christopher Stroup Publisher: Yale University Press Print ISBN: 9780300247893, 0300247893 eText ISBN: 9780300252187 Edition: 2020 Format: EPUB eBook	$65.00 Buy eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ