{"product_id":"border-lines-daniel-boyarin-9780812237641","title":"Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe historical separation between Judaism and Christianity is often figured as a clearly defined break of a single entity into two separate religions. Following this model, there would have been one religion known as Judaism before the birth of Christ, which then took on a hybrid identity. Even before its subsequent division, certain beliefs and practices of this composite would have been identifiable as Christian or Jewish.In \u003ci\u003eBorder Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, however, Daniel Boyarin makes a striking case for a very different way of thinking about the historical development that is the partition of Judaeo-Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere were no characteristics or features that could be described as uniquely Jewish or Christian in late antiquity, Boyarin argues. Rather, Jesus-following Jews and Jews who did not follow Jesus lived on a cultural map in which beliefs, such as that in a second divine being, and practices, such as keeping kosher or maintaining the Sabbath, were widely and variably distributed. The ultimate distinctions between Judaism and Christianity were imposed from above by \"border-makers,\" heresiologists anxious to construct a discrete identity for Christianity. By defining some beliefs and practices as Christian and others as Jewish or heretical, they moved ideas, behaviors, and people to one side or another of an artificial border--and, Boyarin significantly contends, invented the very notion of religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Boyarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812237641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812237641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.61w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 869\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2005 pg. 31","brand":"Daniel Boyarin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947278795007,"sku":"9780812237641","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fe4030f2-5581-43e3-9996-9313f3f59d07.jpg?v=1681517773","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/border-lines-daniel-boyarin-9780812237641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}