1. Aim, method and perspectives -- 2. The setting : Antioch-on-the-Orontes -- 3. The cultural and religious differentiation -- 4. Evidence of interaction -- 5. Politics and persecution
Summary
And conclusion3 THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENTIATION; Introduction; Constructing analytical tools; A theory of religious differentiation; Religion and value-changing processes; Muslims and religious change in modern Europe; Pluralism and religious differentiation; A theory of social integration; Variables of assimilation; The process of assimilation; The assimilation profile-a test case; The use of acculturation; Analysis-Antiochean Judaism revealed; Groups and factions; Crossing the boundaries-Antiochus the apostate; Observing torah-religious traditionalists
Zetterholm uses theoretical insights from the social sciences to deal with the complex issues raised by the parting of Judaism and Christian, and the accompanying rise of Christian anti-Semitism in ancient Antioch
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-260) and indexes
