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Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah ʻAvodah zarah : questioning the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late antiquity / by Stephanie E. Binder.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; v. 22.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9789004235489
  • 9004235485
  • 9781283854825
  • 1283854821
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah ʻAvodah zarah.DDC classification:
  • 261.2/609015 23
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  • BR65.T349 B56 2012eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One General Background; Chapter One Christians in Carthage; Chapter Two Jews in Carthage: Between Palestine and the Diaspora; Chapter Three The "Parting of the Ways"; Making the Borderlines Clearer Following the Destruction of the Temple; Obvious Separation between Judaism and Christianity Does Not Prevent Ongoing Contacts; Judaism and Christianity Remain Intertwined; The Failure; The Comparison of Tertullian's De Idolatria with Massekhet Avodah Zarah as a Case Study; Chapter Four Scholarship on the Possible Jewish Influence on Tertullian's Texts
Claiming a Jewish Influence on TertullianDenying Jewish Influence on Tertullian; Part Two Direct Context; Chapter Five Tertullian's Heresies; A Jewish Experience?; A Particular Case in a Particular Environment; Montanist Schism?; What Kind of Montanism Did Tertullian Know?; Chapter Six Tertullian's Place among Other Christian Authors: Views on Idolatry in Comparison; A Short Survey of the Different Ways the Pagans Envisaged Their Idols; Logical Explanations; Critics of Religion; The Symbolists; Generalities; The Character of the Speech on Idols; Other Common Themes; Miscellaneous
Immorality in IdolatryOn the Jews' Observances and on Meats Offered to Idols; Chapter Seven Tertullian in a Graeco-Roman World; The Nature of Philosophy from the First to the Third Century CE; Tertullian and Stoicism; Direct Cultural Influences on Tertullian; Chapter Eight The Issue of the Jews' Involvement within the Wider Graeco-Roman World; The Jews and the Graeco-Roman World; Final Remarks about the Background of the Comparison; The Maccabees and Figurative Representations; Openness and Withdrawal; Part ThreeTertullian and the Jews on Idolatry; Introduction to Part Three
Chapter Nine ComparisonSocial Relationships; Public Festivals; Private Festivals; Commensality; Immorality in Idolatry; Other Entertainments; Bathhouses; Shows and Games; Garments; Commercial Relationships; The Name of the Idols; "The Alleged Ban on Greek Wisdom"; Practical Applications When Living among the Pagans; Trading Products; Outsmarting the Law?; Working with the Pagans; Neutral Space; The Lure of Idolatry; Dedication to Idolatry; Coexistence; Finding the Neutral Space; Justifying the Neutral Space; Chapter Ten Contribution of the Comparison: Jews and Christians in Contact
Summary: This work compares two third century texts on idolatry: Tertullian's De Idolatria and the rabbinic Mishnah Avodah Zarah, against the background of modern discussions of the ""parting of the ways"" between Jews and Christians.
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One General Background; Chapter One Christians in Carthage; Chapter Two Jews in Carthage: Between Palestine and the Diaspora; Chapter Three The "Parting of the Ways"; Making the Borderlines Clearer Following the Destruction of the Temple; Obvious Separation between Judaism and Christianity Does Not Prevent Ongoing Contacts; Judaism and Christianity Remain Intertwined; The Failure; The Comparison of Tertullian's De Idolatria with Massekhet Avodah Zarah as a Case Study; Chapter Four Scholarship on the Possible Jewish Influence on Tertullian's Texts

Claiming a Jewish Influence on TertullianDenying Jewish Influence on Tertullian; Part Two Direct Context; Chapter Five Tertullian's Heresies; A Jewish Experience?; A Particular Case in a Particular Environment; Montanist Schism?; What Kind of Montanism Did Tertullian Know?; Chapter Six Tertullian's Place among Other Christian Authors: Views on Idolatry in Comparison; A Short Survey of the Different Ways the Pagans Envisaged Their Idols; Logical Explanations; Critics of Religion; The Symbolists; Generalities; The Character of the Speech on Idols; Other Common Themes; Miscellaneous

Immorality in IdolatryOn the Jews' Observances and on Meats Offered to Idols; Chapter Seven Tertullian in a Graeco-Roman World; The Nature of Philosophy from the First to the Third Century CE; Tertullian and Stoicism; Direct Cultural Influences on Tertullian; Chapter Eight The Issue of the Jews' Involvement within the Wider Graeco-Roman World; The Jews and the Graeco-Roman World; Final Remarks about the Background of the Comparison; The Maccabees and Figurative Representations; Openness and Withdrawal; Part ThreeTertullian and the Jews on Idolatry; Introduction to Part Three

Chapter Nine ComparisonSocial Relationships; Public Festivals; Private Festivals; Commensality; Immorality in Idolatry; Other Entertainments; Bathhouses; Shows and Games; Garments; Commercial Relationships; The Name of the Idols; "The Alleged Ban on Greek Wisdom"; Practical Applications When Living among the Pagans; Trading Products; Outsmarting the Law?; Working with the Pagans; Neutral Space; The Lure of Idolatry; Dedication to Idolatry; Coexistence; Finding the Neutral Space; Justifying the Neutral Space; Chapter Ten Contribution of the Comparison: Jews and Christians in Contact

This work compares two third century texts on idolatry: Tertullian's De Idolatria and the rabbinic Mishnah Avodah Zarah, against the background of modern discussions of the ""parting of the ways"" between Jews and Christians.