The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity (1983 Gager), book
The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity (1983) is a book by John G. Gager.
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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