MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009031144
003 DLC
005 20100114105040.0
008 090728s2010 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009031144
020 $a9781598564341 (alk. paper)
020 $a159856434X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn430054695
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dDLC
041 0 $aeng$agrc$aheb
050 00 $aBM729.P7$bB57 2010
082 00 $a296.6/90937$222
100 1 $aBird, Michael F.
245 10 $aCrossing over sea and land :$bJewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period /$cMichael F. Bird.
260 $aPeabody, Mass. :$bHendrickson Publishers,$cc2010.
300 $axvi, 208 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction. Excursus: "Jews" and "Judaism" -- Defining "mission" and "conversion" in the ancient world. Mission and conversion : sociological and ideological elements ; Excursus 1: God-fearers ; Excursus 2: Proselytism and demographics -- Jewish missionary activity in Palestine. Forced conversions in Palestine -- Qumran ; Matthew 23:15 ; Inscriptions from Palestine ; Rabbinic literature -- Jewish missionary activity in the diaspora. Socioreligious context of the diaspora ; Pagan attraction to Judaism ; Josephus ; Philo ; Apologetic-propagandistic literature ; Greek and Latin literature -- Evidence from the New Testament and early Christian literature. An early Jewish Christian mission to gentiles ; Missionary competition between Jews and Christians -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aProselytizing$xJudaism$xHistory.
650 0 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
650 0 $aJudaism$xRelations.
650 0 $aJews$xHistory$y586 B.C.-70 A.D.