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008			090728s2010 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009031144
020			_a9781598564341 (alk. paper)
020			_a159856434X (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn430054695
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dDLC
041	0		_aeng _agrc _aheb
050	0	0	_aBM 729 .P7 _bB57 2010
082	0	0	_a296.6/90937 _222
100	1		_aBird, Michael F. _931369
245	1	0	_aCrossing over sea and land : _bJewish missionary activity in the Second Temple period / _cMichael F. Bird.
260			_aPeabody, Mass. : _bHendrickson Publishers, _cc2010.
300			_axvi, 208 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction. 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 23:15 ; 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.
650		0	_aProselytizing _xJudaism _xHistory. _931370
650		0	_aJudaism _xHistory _yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. _931371
650		0	_aJudaism _xRelations. _931372
650		0	_aJews _xHistory _y586 B.C.-70 A.D. _931373
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBM 729 .P7 _iB57 2010
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