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Ignatius of Antioch and the Parting of the Ways: Early Jewish-Christian Relations is unavailable, but you can change that!

How did the early Christian movement, which began among Jewish people and in close association with the Jewish temple and synagogues of the first century, develop into a predominantly Gentile movement by the end of the first century? Was this “parting of the ways” spurred by internal tensions within the Christian church, socio-political factors in the Roman city of Antioch, or growing hostility...

interchange: a Macedonian/Greek city in origin, established in the midst of a Syrian countryside, under Roman rule, and with various immigrant populations, including Jews and Samaritans, who would have congregated in substantial numbers. Like any Greek city, Antioch had its patron god—Apollo, the patron god of the Seleucids.62 Other Greek gods and goddesses were also associated with the city; Tyche, for example, was honored prominently.63 In addition, the gods of the various elements of the mixed
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