Negotiating Identities: Conflict, Conversion, and Consolidation in Early Judaism and Christianity (200 Bce-600 Ce) - Paperback

by Yonatan Adler (Contribution by), Michal Bar-Asher Siegal (Contribution by), Samuel Byrskog (Contribution by)

Relying on archaeological remains and ancient sources, this book describes important identity formation processes within early Judaism and Christianity and shows how negotiations involving issues of ethnicity, stereotyping, purity, commensality, and institution building contributed to the formation of group identities.

Author Biography

Karin Hedner Zetterholm is associate professor of Jewish Studies at Lund University.
Anders Runesson is professor of New Testament at the University of Oslo.
Cecilia Wassén is associate professor of New Testament Exegesis at Uppsala University.
Magnus Zetterholm is associate professor of New Testament Studies at Lund University.