Jewish/Christian Encounter with Late Antiquity

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Over the course of the past few decades, scholars of Early Christianity have widely recognized and affirmed not only Jesus' own Jewish identity but the New Testament's witness to the new religion's Jewish origins. Such recognition nevertheless raises further questions for students of Christianity's historical development: how, when, and for what reasons did the movements separate? What accounts for the virulent anti-Jewish tenor of many ancient Christian writings? What alternative models, if any, presented themselves as adherents of both traditions? This seminar will seek to explore these and related questions on the basis of primary source material