Judaism and the Gentiles
Jewish Patterns of Universalism (to 135 CE)
By Terence L. Donaldson
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Subjects: All Biblical Studies, New Testament |
In the Second-Temple period non-Jews were attracted to Judaism's communal life, religious observance and theological imagination. On the Jewish side, this was matched by the development of several discrete "patterns of universalism"-ways in which Jews were able to conceive of a positive place for Gentiles within their symbolic world. In this book Terence Donaldson collects and comments on all of the texts (to the end of the second Jewish rebellion in 135 CE) that deal with Gentile sympathizers, proselytes, ethical monotheists and participants in end-time redemption. In impressive detail, Donaldson identifies, defines, and describes these "patterns of universalism."
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Part I: Texts and Commentary
2. Scripture, Septuagint and Apocrypha
3. Pseudepigrapha
4. Qumran
5. Philo
6. Josephus
7. Greco-Roman Literature
8. Early Christian Literature
9. Inscriptions
Part II: Patterns of Universalism
10. Sympathization
11. Conversion
12. Ethical Monotheism
13. Participation in Eschatological Salvation
14. Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices
Donaldson has taken on an immense task surveying Jewish Salvation and Gentile Universalism through a broad sweep of literature and continually testing his conclusions against the text. I find this to be the most complete collection of relevant documents and quotations I have ever encountered. This volume deserves to be in every university and seminary library and on the shelf of every scholar whose research touches on this critical developmental period for both Judaism and Christianity.
—Victor Matthews, Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University
Terence L. Donaldson (Th.D. Wycliffe College and University of Toronto) is Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament Studies at Wycliffe College and the Director of Advanced Degree Programs at the Toronto School of Theology. He is the author of two other books, including, Jesus on the Mountain: A Study in Matthean Theology (JSTOT Press), and Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World (Fortress Press).
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