TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bird,Michael F.
TI  - Crossing over sea and land: Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period 
SN  - 9781598564341 (alk. paper)
AV  - BM729.P7 B57 2010
U1  - 296.690937 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Peabody, Mass.
PB  - Hendrickson Publishers
KW  - Proselytizing
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
KW  - Relations
KW  - Jews
KW  - 586 B.C.-70 A.D
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction. 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
ER  -