The Rise and Fall of ‘Gentile’ Identity in Early Christianity

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Abstract

Scholars narrate how the church became in the second century ‘increasingly gentile’. ‘Gentile’, however, is a Jewish construct. In this article I argue that the story of the rise and fall of the ‘gentile’ identity in nascent Christianity may help us better understand its expansion and crystallization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCompendia Rerum Ludaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
EditorsMatthijs den Dulk, Joshua Schwartz, Peter Tomson, Joseph Verheyden
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
Pages226-245
Number of pages20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Publication series

NameCompendia Rerum Ludaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
Volume18
ISSN (Print)1877-4970

Keywords

  • Christianity
  • Paul
  • gentile
  • rabbis

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