Jewish Responses To Early Christians

Preface
Introduction

Part One: Materials That Report Jewish Reactions To Christians

1.The Pauline And Deutero-Pauline Letters
2.The Synoptic Gospels
3.The Book Of Acts
4.The Gospel Of John
5.Revelation
6.Josephus
7.The Martydom Of Polycarp
8.The Gospel Of Peter
9.The Christian Apologists
10.Jewish And Christian Writers After 150 C.E.

Part Two: Major Trends

11.Major Trends Detected
Tolerance
Physical Attacks
Verbal Reactions
Observations

Notes
Bibliography
Indexes

Additional Info
What were Jews saying and doing about the followers of Jesus in the first two centuries? In this provocative and comprehensive study, Claudia Setzer argues persuasively that Jews saw the early followers of Jesus as Jews for some time after the Christians viewed themselves as separate from the larger Jewish communities.

This book provides historical context and nuanced exegesis of texts that continue to be “trouble spots” in Jewish-Christian relations. It illuminates the diverse strands of early anti-Judaism while providing the reader with some surprises.