Against the scholarly consensus that assumes early Christians   were involved  in a rivalry for converts with contemporary Jews, this   book shows that the  target of patristic writers was rather a symbolic   Judaism, and their aim was  to define theologically the young church's   identity.  In identifying and categorizing the hypotheses put forward   by modern scholars  to defend their view of a Jewish-Christian   "conflict", this book demonstrates  how current theories have generated   faulty notions about the perceptions and  motivations of ancient   Christians and Jews.  Beyond its relevance to students of the early   church, this book addresses the  broader question of Christian   responsibility for modern anti-Semitism. It  shows how the focus on a   supposedly social rivalry, obscures the depth and  disquieting nature   of the connections between early anti-Judaism and Christian  identity.

Anti-Judaism and Early Christian Identity: A Critique of the Scholarly Consensus (Studia Post-Biblica) PDF

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