LEADER 04366nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910815952603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46562-X 010 $a9786610465620 010 $a0-88920-536-1 010 $a1-4237-8561-4 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889205369 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247068 035 $a(EBL)685945 035 $a(OCoLC)753479604 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235686 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229357 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235686 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164545 035 $a(PQKB)10227195 035 $a(OCoLC)244764482 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14780 035 $a(CaPaEBR)407359 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00204544 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685945 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10125985 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/2s0hcm 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2010-12-16/1/10157846 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685945 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3247259 035 $a(PPN)238414701 035 $a(DE-B1597)667832 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889205369 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247068 100 $a20060123d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReligious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity /$fLeif E. Vaage, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cPublished for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Christiantiy and Judaism /Etudes sur le christianisme et le Judaismejudaisme ;$v18 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a1-55458-809-X 311 $a0-88920-449-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references:p. 279-304. 327 $tAncient religious rivalries and the struggle for success: Christians, Jews, and others in the early Roman Empire /$rLeif E. Vaage --$tDeclining polis? Religious rivalries in ancient civic context /$rPhilip A. Harland --$tRivalry and defection /$rStephen G. Wilson --$tIs the pagan fair fairly dangerous? Jewish-pagan relations in antiquity /$rReena Basser --$tMy rival, my fellow: conceptual and methodological prolegomena to mapping inter-religious relations in 2nd- and 3rd-century CE Levantine society using the evidence of early rabbinic texts /$rJack N. Lightstone --$g"The$tfield God has assigned": geography and mission in Paul /$rTerence L. Donaldson --$tContra Apionem in social and literary context: an invitation to Judean philosophy /$rSteve Mason --$tOn becoming a Mithraist: new evidence for the propagation of the mysteries /$rRoger Beck --$tRodney Stark and "the mission to the Jews" /$rAdele Reinhartz --$t"Look how they love one another": early Christian and pagan care for the sick and other charity /$rSteven C. Muir --$tReligious market of the Roman Empire: Rodney Stark and Christianity's pagan competition /$rRoger Beck --$tWhy Christianity succeeded (in) the Roman Empire /$rLeif E. Vaage. 330 $a Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity discusses the diverse cultural destinies of early Christianity, early Judaism, and other ancient religious groups as a question of social rivalry. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section debates the degree to which the category of rivalry adequately names the issue(s) that must be addressed when comparing and contrasting the social ""success"" of different religious groups in antiquity. The second is a critical assessment of the common modern category of ""mission"" to describ 410 0$aStudies in Christianity and Judaism ;$v18. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xRoman 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 607 $aRome$xReligion 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xRoman. 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a270.1 701 $aVaage$b Leif E$01646024 712 02$aCanadian Corporation for Studies in Religion. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815952603321 996 $aReligious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity$93992821 997 $aUNINA