Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity

by Matthew Thiessen

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Winner of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0190912707

ISBN13:9780190912703

Release Date:July 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:258 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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