John Gager Jr

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Who Made Early Christianity?: The Jewish Lives of the Apostle PaulPaperback, 8 August 2017

Who Made Early Christianity?: The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul
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Part of Series
American Lectures on the History of Religions
Print Length
208 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
8 Aug 2017
ISBN-10
0231174055
ISBN-13
9780231174053

Description

In this historical and theological study, John G. Gager undermines the myth of the Apostle Paul's rejection of Judaism, conversion to Christianity, and founding of Christian anti-Judaism. He finds that the rise of Christianity occurred well after Paul's death and attributes the distortion of the Apostle's views to early and later Christians.

Though Christian clerical elites ascribed a rejection-replacement theology to Paul's legend, Gager shows that the Apostle was considered a loyal Jew by many of his Jesus-believing contemporaries and that later Jewish and Muslim thinkers held the same view. He holds that one of the earliest misinterpretations of Paul was to name him the founder of Christianity, and in recent times numerous Jewish and Christian readers of Paul have moved beyond this understanding.

Gager also finds that Judaism did not fade away after Paul's death but continued to appeal to both Christians and pagans for centuries. Jewish synagogues remained important religious and social institutions throughout the Mediterranean world. Making use of all possible literary and archaeological sources, including Muslim texts, Gager helps recover the long pre-history of a Jewish Paul, obscured by recent, negative portrayals of the Apostle, and recognizes the enduring bond between Jews and Christians that has influenced all aspects of Christianity.

Product Details

Author:
John Gager Jr
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 August 2017
Dimensions:
21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
0231174055
ISBN-13:
9780231174053
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
208
Weight:
249.48 gm

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