TY  - BOOK
AU  - Binder,Stephanie E.
TI  - Tertullian, on idolatry and Mishnah ʻAvodah zarah: questioning the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late antiquity 
T2  - Jewish and Christian perspectives series
SN  - 9789004235489
AV  - BR65.T349 B56 2012eb
U1  - 261.2/609015 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Tertullian,
KW  - Mishnah
KW  - Avodah zarah
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - De idololatria (Tertullian)
KW  - fast
KW  - Idolatry
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Idolâtrie
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - Interfaith relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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