Jewish Responses to Early Christians
History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E.
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Jewish Responses to Early Christians: History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E.
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 Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800626808
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 224
- Publication Date November 1, 1994
Endorsements
"This is a significant contribution to the study of early Judaism and Christianity. Focusing on literature from the period 30-150 C.E., Claudia Setzer demonstrates that there existed a wide range of Jewish attitudes toward Christians, from acceptance to physical violence. Her analysis of the literature, most of it by Christians, is insightful and through-provoking."
— Marilyn Salmon, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
"The aim of this book is to shed historical light on the developing relationship between Christians and Jews in the time between Jesus and the Apologist Justin Martyr. It finds that a trend is discernible whereby the wide spectrum of physical and verbal abuse to which Jews subjected Jewish Christians in the earlier years gradually narrowed until after 100 C.E. attacks became largely polemical in nature. The area in which such polemics took place was the interpretation of scripture, and the principal object of dispute became the figure of Jesus Christ. At stake in these polemics was nothing less than the self-definition of both Jews and Christians. Well researched and extensive in scope, this book is for the scholar and expert."
— Jack Dean Kingsbury
Table of Contents
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Preface
- The Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Letters
- The Synoptic Gospels
- The Book of Acts
- The Gospel of John
- Revelation
- Josephus
- The Martydom of Polycarp
- The Gospel of Peter
- The Christian Apologists
- Jewish and Christian Writers After 150 C.E.
Part Two: Major Trends
- Major Trends Detected
Tolerance
Physical Attacks
Verbal Reactions
Observations
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes
Introduction
Part One: Materials that Report Jewish Reactions to Christians