Jews and Christians in the Holy Land

by Guenter Stemberger and Günter Stemberger

The fourth century is often referred to as the first Christian century, and for the Jews a period of decline and persecution. But was this change really so immediate and irreversible? What was the real impact of the Christianisation of the Roman Empire on the Jews, especially in their own land?Stemberger draws on all available sources, literary and archaeological, Christian as well as pagan and Jewish, to reconstruct the history of the different religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567086992
• ISBN13: 9780567086990
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.8"