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- catalog abstract ""This book seeks to inject into the general discussion of the "Parting of the Ways" of Judaism and Christianity the social realities of the separation of a particular Christian community and a particular Jewish community. By drawing upon the literary and the historical data available concerning the church in Rome, Spence seeks to discover when and how Christians came to see themselves as an identifiably distinct community. His findings will surprise those who see the "Parting of the Ways" as a slow process. He argues that although the "parting" was early, it was not without its complications. Drawing upon the work of Rodney Stark, a sociologist of religion, Spence suggests that within the church in Rome there was a struggle between those who saw the church as a Jewish sect and those who saw the church as a Roman cult - a struggle already under-way when the Apostle Paul wrote Romans. This struggle, however, was not an even one, because it was the cultists, those for whom the church's primary social location was the pagans of Rome, who held the positions of power over the numerically smaller sectarians who sought to maintain the church's primary identity as a Jewish sect acceptable within the synagogues of Rome."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12874150.
- catalog coverage "Rome (Italy) Church history.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Religion.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""This book seeks to inject into the general discussion of the "Parting of the Ways" of Judaism and Christianity the social realities of the separation of a particular Christian community and a particular Jewish community. By drawing upon the literary and the historical data available concerning the church in Rome, Spence seeks to discover when and how Christians came to see themselves as an identifiably distinct community. His findings will surprise those who see the "Parting of the Ways" as a slow process. He argues that although the "parting" was early, it was not without its complications. Drawing upon the work of Rodney Stark, a sociologist of religion, Spence suggests that within the church in Rome there was a struggle between those who saw the church as a Jewish sect and those who saw the church as a Roman cult - a struggle already under-way when the Apostle Paul wrote Romans. This struggle, however, was not an even one, because it was the cultists, those for whom the church's primary social location was the pagans of Rome, who held the positions of power over the numerically smaller sectarians who sought to maintain the church's primary identity as a Jewish sect acceptable within the synagogues of Rome."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-402) and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 404 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "9042913363".
- catalog isPartOf "Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion ; 5".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Leuven ; Dudley, MA : Peeters,".
- catalog spatial "Italy Rome".
- catalog spatial "Rome (Italy) Church history.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Religion.".
- catalog subject "274.5/63201 21".
- catalog subject "BR195.J8 S68 2004".
- catalog subject "Christianity Origin.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Judaism History Early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Judaism.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Jewish Christians Italy Rome History Early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Jewish Christians Italy Rome History Early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Judaism Relations Christianity History Talmudic period, 10-425.".
- catalog subject "Judaism Relations Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Rome (Italy) Church history.".
- catalog title "The parting of the ways : the Roman Church as a case study / by Stephen Spence.".
- catalog type "text".