The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: The Philosophy of Religious Argument

by Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner

Book Overview

The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse argues that the Judaic and Christian heirs of Scripture adopted, and adapted to their own purposes and tasks, Greek philosophical modes of thought and argument. The authors explore how the earliest intellectuals of Christianity and Judaism shaped a tradition of articulated conflict and reasoned argument in the search for religious truth that was to be shared through continuing that argument...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415153980
• ISBN13: 9780415153980
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.8"