Rewritten Gentiles: Conversion to Israel's 'Living God' and Jewish Identity in Antiquity

<p>This dissertation examines the ideological developments and strategies of boundary formation which accompanied the sociological novelty of gentiles&rsquo; becoming Jews in the Second Temple period. I argue that the phenomenon of gentile conversion influenced ancient Jews to re&ndas...

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Main Author: Hicks-Keeton, Jill
Other Authors: Marcus, Joel
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/8671