The essays collected in this volume are the proceedings of an international conference held in Vienna (Austria) in September 2022 on the “parting of the ways” between Jews and Christians. They demonstrate that the beginnings of what we today call “Christianity” were fully embedded in early Judaism in the first century CE. The 18 chapters of this collection span from considerations about early Jewish identity/identities (Tiwald/Öhler, Grohmann, Magness) to Pauline theology (Tiwald, Ehrensperger, Eschner), the Sayings Source (Heil), the Gospels of Matthew (Konradt), Johannine and Biblical theology (Schreiber, Scherer, Förster), the Didache (Doering) to Ignatius of Antioch (Foster, Öhler), Origen (Siquans), and the Rabbis (Stemberger). The volume ends with systematic-theological considerations on the “parting of the ways” and perspectives of Jewish-Christian dialogue (Tück, Danz).
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.09.2024

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Markus Ohler, Markus Tiwald

Germany, Germany

Front Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
“Parting of the Ways” – A Problematic Metaphor: Introduction to the Volume
Part I Jewish Identity and the Parting of the Ways
1. Group Identities in Ezra-Nehemia
2. Jesus-Oriented Groups and the Emergence of a Rabbinic Jewish Identity
3. Continued Contacts between Jews and Christians: Knowledge of Rabbinic Traditions in Christian Texts and Vice Versa
4. The Late Antique Synagogue at Capernaum: Was It Really a Congregation of Minim?
Part II The Apostle Paul and the Parting of the Ways
5. The “Works of the Law”: The Transformation of Jewish Identity Markers and the Parting of the Ways
6. Identity Transformation in Christ: Struggling with ‘Ἔργα νόμου’ in Paul
7. Paul and the Galatians as “Children” of Abraham: The Continuity of Faith in Salvation History in Judaism and Christianity
Part III The Gospels and the Parting of the Ways
8. The Sayings Gospel Q and the Parting of the Ways
9. Matthew’s Ethics and the Complex Processes of Differentiation and Separation of the Matthean Communities from Judaism
10. Finding Their Own Way in a Jewish Environment: The Letters (and Gospel) of John and the Parting of the Ways
11. Not Χριστιανοί: Group Designations by Christ Believers in the New Testament
Part IV The Parting of the Ways in Non-Canonical and Patristic Texts
12. The Didache and the Parting of the Ways
13. Ignatius of Antioch: Redefining Identities and Creating Irreversible Separation
14. Judaism and Christianity in the Epistles of Ignatius: Reflections on Contextualisation in the 2nd Century CE
15. Jewish Scriptural Interpretation and Ritual Practice in Origen’s Homilies on Leviticus
16. Parted by Nature or by Translation? Translation Choices in the Vulgate New Testament as a Factor in Perceptions of the “Parting of the Ways”
Part V Systematical-Theological Considerations Concerning the Parting of the Ways
17. “Consubstantial with the Father”: Did the Council of Nicaea Neglect the Jewish Roots of Christianity?
18. Jesus the Judean and Jesus the Christ. Systematical-Theological Considerations on the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity
List of Contributors
Index
Back Cover

2024-08-17