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Search Results for: Martin Goodman mission and conversion
Goodman on the Noachide Laws
I finished Martin Goodman’s Mission and Conversion. What I’ll focus on in this post is the Noachide laws, the seven commandments that parts of rabbinic Judaism held were binding on Gentiles (whereas Jews had to keep the entire Torah). In … Continue reading
Beginning Goodman’s Mission and Conversion
I started Martin Goodman’s Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire. Goodman’s argument so far is that Jews before 100 C.E. did not have an agenda of seeking to convert Gentiles to Judaism. But does … Continue reading
Scholarship on Judaism Being (Or Not Being) a Missionary Religion
On page 289 of Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World, Louis Feldman states the following: “In the latter part of the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth century, much scholarship, especially in Germany, insisted that Judaism, particularly … Continue reading
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Book Write-Up: The Opponents of Paul in Second Corinthians
Dieter Georgi. The Opponents of Paul in Second Corinthians. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. This book is a 1986 English translation of Georgi’s 1964 work in German, with new epilogues in which Georgi clarifies and refines his positions. The book is … Continue reading
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Tagged apostle Paul, Corinthians, II Corinthians, Jerusalem church, Paul
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Book Write-Up: The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting, by Irina Levinskaya
Irina Levinskaya. The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, Volume 5: The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting. Grand Rapids, William B.Eerdmans/Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1996. This book is the fifth volume of a series about the … Continue reading
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Tagged gentiles, God-fearers, Irina Levinskaya, Levinskaya, The Book of Acts
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McKnight on Matthew 23:15
I finished Scot McKnight’s A Light Among the Gentiles. Like Martin Goodman in Mission and Conversion, McKnight questions the idea that Second Temple Judaism had an active missionary program to the Gentiles. Matthew 23:15, however, says that the Pharisees travel … Continue reading
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