Crossing over sea and land :Jewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period
Peabody, Mass.
Hendrickson Publishers
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Michael F. Bird
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 32:51 ; 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
Judaism History ، Proselytizing
History ، Judaism - Post-exilic period, 685 B.C.-012 A.D