'Non-Separation': Closeness and Co-operation between Jews and Christians in the Fourth Century

Kinzig, Wolfram

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“…Several scholars have flagged this problem. Even before the ‘parting’ paradigm began to dominate, Kinzig (1991: 27) spoke of four ‘levels’ of ‘separation’: the ‘doctrinal’ and ‘theological’ in terms of intellect, and the ‘institutional’ and ‘popular piety’ in terms of practice—in the last of this quartet, incidentally, Kinzig finds ‘non-separation’ into the fourth century. According to Lieu (2004: 305), one reason for the lack of consensus is that ‘it is never clear whether the objects of that question are ideas, or people, or systems’.…”

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Parting Ways or Rival Siblings? A Review and Analysis of Metaphors for the Separation of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

Gabrielson

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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Since the early 1990s, ‘the parting of the ways’ has become academic shorthand, especially in anglophone scholarship, for the separation of Jews and Christians in antiquity. Often it is associated with a onetime, global break that occurred by the end of the second century, particularly over one or more theological issues. This model has been challenged as being too tidy. Other images have been offered, most notably that of ‘rival siblings’, but the ‘parting’ model remains supreme. Consensus has shifted in other ways, however. The ‘parting’, or better, ‘partings’, is now understood to be a localized, protracted, and multifaceted process that likely began in the second century and continued into or past the fourth century. It is also suggested here that the current debate covers five distinguishable topics: (1) mutual religious recognition, (2) the continued existence of ‘Jewish Christians’, (3) religious interaction, (4) social concourse, and (5) outsider classification.

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Parting Ways or Rival Siblings? A Review and Analysis of Metaphors for the Separation of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

Gabrielson

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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“…Au début de l'ère chrétienne, la séparation entre l'église et la synagogue est un processus qui s'est étalé sur plusieurs siècles, pendant lesquels un large spectre de groupes intermédiaires a survécu (Kinzing, 1991). Cela déterminait parfois un certain flou confessionnel.…”

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La mixité religieuse dans les pèlerinages

Albera¹

2011

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“…The earliest evidence for the name &dquo;Christian&dquo; derives from Greco-Roman literature of the late 1st and 2nd centuries C.E.1 The term is found only in writings composed after the Roman suppression of the Jewish revolt of two related religious communities (Becker and Reed 2003; Kinzig 1991 ;Marmorstein 1935; Meeks and Wilken 1978: 13-36; Wilken 1983;Wilson 1995) . This has led some recent scholars to question the traditional view that Christianity and Judaism became separate &dquo;religions&dquo; during the late ... lst°-.…”

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Naming Christians in antiquity

Hegedus

2004

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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This paper examines the development of the name "Christian" in ancient Greco-Roman literature. Some early usages derive from outside the early church and often reflect hostility to Jesus and his followers. Other references found in texts written by church members suggest that the term most likely derived from those outside the church. Eventually the term came to be used by the church as a self-designation. In light of the evolving distinction between "orthodoxy" and "heresy," the lack of uniformity among groups claiming the title "Christian" is significant. In addition to its look at the literary evidence, this paper also briefly examines the use of the term "Christian" found in inscriptions from the 3rd and 4th centuries. The paper concludes that the term "Christian" originated among outsiders to the faith and only came to be adopted later as a self-designation by the followers of Jesus themselves.

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'Non-Separation': Closeness and Co-operation between Jews and Christians in the Fourth Century

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Parting Ways or Rival Siblings? A Review and Analysis of Metaphors for the Separation of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

Parting Ways or Rival Siblings? A Review and Analysis of Metaphors for the Separation of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

La mixité religieuse dans les pèlerinages

Naming Christians in antiquity

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