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

by Matthew Thiessen

Book Overview

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"