04191nam 2200709Ia 450 991044995930332120200520144314.01-280-46562-X97866104656200-88920-536-11-4237-8561-4(CKB)1000000000247068(EBL)685945(OCoLC)753479604(SSID)ssj0000235686(PQKBManifestationID)11229357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235686(PQKBWorkID)10164545(PQKB)10227195(MiAaPQ)EBC685945(OCoLC)244764482(MdBmJHUP)muse14780(CaPaEBR)407359(CaBNvSL)slc00204544(MiAaPQ)EBC3247259(PPN)238414701(Au-PeEL)EBL685945(CaPaEBR)ebr10125985(EXLCZ)99100000000024706820060123d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity[electronic resource] /Leif E. Vaage, editorWaterloo, Ont. Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc20061 online resource (345 p.)Studies in Christiantiy and Judaism /Études sur le christianisme et le Judaïsmejudaisme ;18Includes indexes.1-55458-809-X 0-88920-449-7 Includes bibliographical references:p. 279-304.Ancient religious rivalries and the struggle for success: Christians, Jews, and others in the early Roman Empire /Leif E. Vaage --Declining polis? Religious rivalries in ancient civic context /Philip A. Harland --Rivalry and defection /Stephen G. Wilson --Is the pagan fair fairly dangerous? Jewish-pagan relations in antiquity /Reena Basser --My rival, my fellow: conceptual and methodological prolegomena to mapping inter-religious relations in 2nd- and 3rd-century CE Levantine society using the evidence of early rabbinic texts /Jack N. Lightstone --"Thefield God has assigned": geography and mission in Paul /Terence L. Donaldson --Contra Apionem in social and literary context: an invitation to Judean philosophy /Steve Mason --On becoming a Mithraist: new evidence for the propagation of the mysteries /Roger Beck --Rodney Stark and "the mission to the Jews" /Adele Reinhartz --"Look how they love one another": early Christian and pagan care for the sick and other charity /Steven C. Muir --Religious market of the Roman Empire: Rodney Stark and Christianity's pagan competition /Roger Beck --Why Christianity succeeded (in) the Roman Empire /Leif E. Vaage. Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity discusses the diverse cultural destinies of early Christianity, early Judaism, and other ancient religious groups as a question of social rivalry. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section debates the degree to which the category of rivalry adequately names the issue(s) that must be addressed when comparing and contrasting the social ""success"" of different religious groups in antiquity. The second is a critical assessment of the common modern category of ""mission"" to describStudies in Christianity and Judaism ;18.Christianity and other religionsRomanChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600RomeReligionElectronic books.Christianity and other religionsRoman.Church history270.1Vaage Leif E960641Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449959303321Religious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity2177753UNINA