Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity

by Daniel Boyarin

Book Overview

The historical separation between Judaism and Christianity is often figured as a clearly defined break of a single entity into two separate religions. Following this model, there would have been one religion known as Judaism before the birth of Christ, which then took on a hybrid identity. Even before its subsequent division, certain beliefs and practices of this composite would have been identifiable as Christian or Jewish.In Border Lines,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812237641
• ISBN13: 9780812237641
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"