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''' The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity''' (1983) is a book by [[John G. Gager]].
 
==Abstract==
 
"This revisionist reading of early anti-Judaism offers a richer and more varied picture of the Jews and Christians of antiquity ... Examines the presence of anti-Semitism among the Greeks, Romans, and early Christians and argues that anti-Semitism was rare in the ancient world."--Publisher description.
 
==Editions and translations==
Published in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1983.
 
==Table of contents==
 
*Introduction
*Part One: Anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism: the modern debate.
**1. From Jules Isaac to Rosemary Ruether 
**2. Consensus and crisis in the response to Ruether --
*Part Two: Judaism and Judaizing among Gentiles: ''attractions and reactions.''
**3. The Greek and Roman encounter with Judaism: ''philosophy and politics''
**4. The later Roman encounter with Judaism: ''the politics of sympathy and conversion''
**5. Against the stream: ''sympathy for Judaism in imperial Rome''
**6. Roman policy toward Judaism and the rise of Christianity
**7. The dialogue of paganism with Judaism in late antiquity: ''philosophers and magicians'' 
*Part Three: Christianity, Israel, and the Torah.
**8. Judaizing and anti-Judaism in the Christian tradition
**9. Controversies and debates between Jews and Christians
**10. Anti-Judaism in the theological response to Marcion and the Christian Gnostics
**11. Paul's friends and enemies 
*Part Four: The case of Paul
**12. On reinventing Paul 
**13. Has Christ abrogated the Torah? Has God rejected his people? 
**14. What circumstances gave rise to Paul's extended discussion of Israel, the Torah, and the Gentiles? 
**15. What was the heart of Paul's argument with the Jews, his kinsmen by race?
*Conclusion
 
==External links==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=FGuCX_CwelAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Origins+of+Anti-Semitism&ei=K397S4fvEpaWNb22xa0H&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Google Books (partial text)]
 
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