[PDF.32er] First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early Judaism and Christianity

First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early Judaism and Christianity

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 | #4026390 in Books |  Stanford University Press |  2002-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.70 x6.00l,.92 | File type: PDF | 184 pages

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|| |“...Matthew’s book is beautifully written, easy to read and full of exciting historical and literary insights. It is an important contribution to the library of women’s history in antiquity.”―Tal Ilan, Freie Universitat, Berlin|

It has often been said that rich pagan women, much more so than men, were attracted both to early Judaism and Christianity. This book provides a new reading of sources from which this truism springs, focusing on two texts from the turn of the first century, Josephus's Antiquities and Luke's Acts.
The book studies representation, analyzing the repeated portrayal of rich women as aiding and/or converting to early Judaism in its various forms. It also sho...

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