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Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity Thiessen, Matthew (Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon Theological Union, Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
Thiessen, Matthew (Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon Theological Union, Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced study of the nature of Jewish thought regarding Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Focusing on texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the varieties of Judaism from which the Christian movement arose.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 29, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199793563 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 241 × 23 mm · 555 g |
| Language | English |