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{en} E.P. Sanders, ed. Jewish and Christian Self-Definition. Philadelphia: Fortress, <3 vols.> 1980-1983

Abstract

This 3-volume series explores the way in which both Judaism and Christianity moved towards normative self-definition in the first centuries of the common era.

Contents

• Vol. 1: The Shaping of Christianity in the Second and Third Centuries (1980)

Problem of self-definition: from sect to Church / R.A. Markus -- Social setting of Second-century Christianity / Robert M. Grant -- Theological norms and social perspectives in Ignatius of Antioch / William R. Schoedel -- Two sees of Peter / Jaroslav Pelikan -- Self-definition of Christianity in relation to later Platonism / A. Hilary Armstrong -- Christians as the Romans (and Greeks) saw them / Robert L. Wilken -- Why the Church rejected gnosticism / George W. MacRae -- Normative self-definition in Gnosticism / Jacques E. Ménard -- Jewish elements in Gnosticism and the development of Gnostic self-definition / Birger A. Pearson -- Successors of Pre-70 Jerusalem Christianity: a critical evaluation of the Pella-tradition / Gerd Lüdemann -- Theological and non-theological motives in Irenaeus' refutation of the Gnostics / Gérard Vallée -- Past in Clement of Alexandria / Raoul Mortley -- Meaning of dogma in Origen / P.M. O'Cleirigh.

• Vol. 2: Aspects of Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period (1981)

Interpretation and the tendency to sectarianism: an aspect of Second Temple history / Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Christian and Jewish self-definition in light of the Christian additions to the Apocryphal writings / James H. Charlesworth -- Inspiration and canonicity: reflections on the formation of the Biblical Canon / Sid Z. Leiman -- Limits of tolerance in Judaism: the Samaritan example / Ferdinand Dexinger -- At the crossroads: Tannaitic perspectives on the Jewish-Christian schism / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- On the problem of Roman influence on the Halakah and normative self-definition in Judaism / Bernard S. Jackson -- Reception accorded to Rabbi Judah's Mishnah / David Weiss Halivni -- Politics of reconciliation: the education of R. Judah the prince / Albert I. Baumgarten -- Birkat Ha-Minim and the lack of evidence for an anti-Christian Jewish prayer in late Antiquity / Reuven Kimelman -- Ruler of this world: attitudes about mediator figures and the importance of sociology for self-definition / A.F. Segal -- Self-isolation or self-affirmation in Judaism in the first three centuries: theory and practice / Ephraim E. Urbach.

• Vol. 3: Self-Definition in the Graeco-Roman world (1982)

Craft versus sect: the problem of Orphics and Pythagoreans / Walter Burkert -- Are you a Stoic?: the case of Marcus Aurelius / John M. Rist -- Self-definition among Epicureans and Cynics / Abraham J. Malherbe -- Self-definition in later Platonism / John M. Dillon -- Hairesis and heresy: the case of the haireseis iatrikai / Heinrich von Staden -- Sarapis and Isis / Tran tam Tinh -- Self-definition in the Asclepius cult / Howard C. Kee -- Changing Dionysiac identities / Albert Henrichs -- Formation of authoritative tradition in the Greek magical papyri / Hans Dieter Betz -- Imperial cult: perceptions and persistence / G.W. Bowersock.

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