Semitic Christianity: St. Aphrahat & The Sages of Babylonian Talmud (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781514603970)

This is a reading for serious students of Church and Jewish history. It is based on my Ph.D. dissertation at Stellenbosch University on the history of Jewish-Christian polemics. There I reconstruct the fourth-century polemic between sages of the Babylonian Talmud and a local Semitic Christian community. In this work, I compare what St. Aphrahat (who writes in the language of the Babylonian Talmud) with what Jewish sages had to say concerning 5 key topics (circumcision, prayer, Passover, kashrut and fasting). Regarding the nature of Aphrahat's encounters with the Jews, this book provides a set of additional or secondary conclusions that concern a variety of topics such as the nature of Jewish missions to (Jewish) Christians and Aphrahat's treatment of the Christian Pascha/Passover in relationship to the idea of the Christian Sabbath.

Author: Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
ISBN-10: 1514603977
ISBN-13: 9781514603970
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2015
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.36d