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{en} Karl P. Donfried - Peter Richardson, eds. Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome . Grand Rapids, MI [USA]: Eerdmans, 1998.

Abstract

"Judaism and Christianity in the first century is a broad, but also immensely important, subject. This collection of eleven papers is the mature product of the five-year work of the Seminar on New Testament Texts in Their Cultural Environment sponsored by the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Wide-ranging in subject matter and deep in scholarship, this volume includes archaeological and epigraphic contributions, social and historical contributions, and developmental studies. Written by leading scholars in the field, these essays elucidate more precisely the social, historical, and religious character of Judaism and Christianity in first-century Rome."--Publisher description.

Contents

• Augustan-era synagogues in Rome / Peter Richardson
• Synagogue and society in imperial Ostia: archaeological and epigraphic evidence / L. Michael White
• Interaction of Jews with non-Jews in Rome / Graydon F. Synder
• Roman policy toward the Jews: expulsions from the city of Rome during the first century C.E. / Leonard Victor Rutgers
• Formation of the first "Christian congregations" in Rome in the context of the Jewish congregations / Rudolf Brändle and Ekkehard W. Stegemann
• Jewish and Christian families in first-century Rome / James S. Jeffers
• Oral world of early Christianity in Rome : the case of Hermas / Carolyn Osiek
• Romans, Jews, and Christians: the impact of the Romans on Jewish/Christian relations in first-century Rome / James C. Walters
• Social perspectives on Roman Christianity during the formative years from Nero to Nerva: Romans, Hebrews, 1 Clement / William L. Lane
• From obscurity to prominence: the development of the Roman church between Romans and 1 Clement / Chrys C. Caragounis

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