| Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism Contributor(s): Boyarin, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804736170 ISBN-13: 9780804736176 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 270.1 |
| LCCN: 99040509 |
| Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. |