First converts: rich pagan women and the rhetoric of mission in early judaism and christianity
Auteur :
Matthews, Shelly
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9780804735926
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
417 g
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
It has often been said that rich pagan women, much more so than men, were attracted both to early Judaism and Christianity. This book provides a new reading of sources from which this truism springs, focusing on two texts from the turn of the first century, Josephus's Antiquities and Luke's Acts.