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abortion; forbidden to christians
accusation,against christians
acilius glabrio possibly christian
acropolis, athenian, christianity and
acts of thomas, christian virtues
adoption as master-metaphor in christian divine sonship, philosophical debates of
adoption as master-metaphor in christian divine sonship, rejection of adoptionist christologies
adversus nationes, persecution of the christians
african christianity
against the christians fronto
age of christian maturity
alexandria, christianity in
ambrose of milan, songs and singing, christian suspicion of
amme caracalla, his her? christian child
ancient synagogue, greco-roman and christian literary sources
andersen, hans christian
annianus, egyptian christian
anthony, christian monk
anti-imperialism, of first-century christianity
antioch, christian apostasy at
antioch, christian beginnings
antioch, tortures christians
antoninus pius, spurious letter concerning christians
antoninus pius; did not enforce laws against christians
anxiety, of christians
apocrypha non-canonical christian texts
apollinaris of hierapolis, christian writer
apollinaris; christian apologist
apologetics christian
apologetics, christian
apologists christian, and jewish sacrifice
apologists, christian
appetite epithumia, natural or necessary among certain christians
apuleius, and christianity
arnobius, attacks christianity as a pagan
arnobius, christian doctrine
arnobius, christian worship
arnobius, defends christian writers
arnobius, proof of christianity
art, early christian
art, medieval christian, depiction of jews
ascetic celibacy of christian women, tertullians views
ascetic christianity, christian wife in justins narrative
ascetic christianity, illicit sexual practices
ascetic christianity, male homosexuality
asceticism as feature of christian biography
asceticism, christian encouragement
asceticism, christian rejection
ashkénazi, rabbi yehuda léon,attitude to christianity
asia minor, christian worship
asia minor, christianity in
assent, distinguished assent in christians to thoughts, to their lingering, to the pleasure of their lingering, to action
atheism, accusations against, christians
augustine, on baptism as beginning of christian life
augustine, on violence between jews and christians at calama
authority,, christian sources, early, role of non-intellectual authority in
avitus, support for persuasion as means of converting jews to christianity of
babylonian rabbis, sages, avoidance of christians, biblereading heretics
bauer, ferdinand christian
beard, christians' beard
biographical narrative, christian
bird omens/symbolism in early christianity
blessing, ; christian spectacles
blindness, of jews, christian characterization of
boethius, neoplatonizing christian, distress at memory of pleasure lost
book of thomas the contender, catholic christianity
brother, christians as
cannibalism, accusations against early christians
celibacy, differing views of christians and rabbis
celsus, says christians are intellectually disreputable
characterization in christian rhetoric of
christ, christian, christianity
christ/christianity
christendom, see also christian world
christian
christian art
christian asceticism
christian asceticism, communal
christian asceticism, home-based
christian asceticism, incubation of martha
christian clerics
christian confession, hiding of
christian contacts with jews
christian cristianî”
christian discourse and practices
christian dogma
christian homilies
christian jew
christian judaism
christian literature
christian literature, acts of paul and thekla
christian message
christian monastics
christian myth
christian myth, nascent christian, community, outlook of
christian myth, pre-christian
christian opposition to
christian philosophers, trinitarianism of
christian platonists
christian quarters of rome
christian rhetoric
christian rhetorical strategies
christian salvation
christian supercessionism
christian supercessionism, jewish responses to
christian texts
christian tradition and christian elements
christian tradition of tearful prayer
christian women
christian, belief in charismatic gifts
christian, christianity
christian, community
christian, conception of the spirit
christian, consciousness
christian, doctrine
christian, early christian christianity
christian, emperor
christian, empire
christian, exclusivism
christian, first-century
christian, identity
christian, intellectuals
christian, label
christian, law
christian, lawyers
christian, letter
christian, life
christian, literature/authors
christian, minorities
christian, moral
christian, political theory
christian, polity
christian, priests
christian, regime
christian, rejection of traditional cult
christian, representation of god
christian, responses to neoplatonists
christian, theology
christian, writers
christian/christianity
christianism
christianity
christianity = cristianismî”
christianity = cristianismî”, christians, graeco-roman views of
christianity and
christianity and christian texts
christianity and civic discourse
christianity, and cultural psychology
christianity, and diocletians bodyguard
christianity, and gnosticism
christianity, and greek/pagan religion, and judaism
christianity, and phrygia
christianity, approaches to poverty and charity
christianity, apuleius
christianity, as a new ‘race’
christianity, brotherhood in
christianity, christian
christianity, christian, identity
christianity, christians
christianity, classes
christianity, criticism of the temple
christianity, culture
christianity, early
christianity, early egyptian
christianity, early history
christianity, early redistributive economy
christianity, early roman
christianity, early, and paganism, relationship in the fourth century ce
christianity, early, attitudes to dialogue
christianity, early, attitudes to symposium literature
christianity, early, feasting practices
christianity, early, relationship between early christian and jewish feasting and feasting literature
christianity, economy of redemption in
christianity, education
christianity, family
christianity, fictive kinship groups in
christianity, financial support
christianity, food
christianity, geographic spread
christianity, growth
christianity, history of
christianity, identity
christianity, in acts
christianity, in africa, and idea of rebirth
christianity, in africa, and victory over fate
christianity, in the provinces
christianity, influence of judaism
christianity, instruction
christianity, issues of definition
christianity, milk
christianity, negative effects of
christianity, nourishment
christianity, number of christians
christianity, openness to non-jews
christianity, opponents of
christianity, pauline
christianity, philosophy
christianity, popular antagonism to
christianity, relation to judaism
christianity, relationship to rome
christianity, relationship to rome according to celsus
christianity, renunciation of jewish law
christianity, rome, city of
christianity, royal priesthood theme
christianity, secondcentury
christianity, separation from judaism
christianity, solid food
christianity, summary of classical rhetoric and
christianity, supersessionism in
christianity, theological diversity
christianity, triumph of
christianity, true
christianity, universal extension of
christianity, unpopularity with contemporaries
christianity, use of jewish scripture
christianity, varronian
christianity, weaning
christianity, weight in palestine
christianity/christians, and rabbinic thought
christianization
christians
christians byzantines, copts, nubians, syrian orthodox
christians, alleged to practice magic
christians, as social/ethnic category
christians, christianity
christians, do not observe the law
christians, early christian, anti-christian, christianity
christians, gentile
christians, gentile, in the jewish temple
christians, gentile, jewish
christians, have distinct congregations
christians, interest in 2 macc
christians, numbers of
christians, on jews in rome
christians, proselytize
christians, rabbinic relationships with, evidence on disputations
christians, rabbinic relationships with, historicity of portrayals
christians, relation to hebrews
christians, should rely on words
christians, texts of
christians, their beliefs
christians, “godless,”
christians/christianity
christians/ity, and charity
christians/ity, and christ/jesus
christians/ity, and damnation
christians/ity, and laughter
christians/ity, and life everlasting
christians/ity, and literacy
christians/ity, and salvation
christians/ity, and upper class women
christians/ity, and widows
christians/ity, as collegia/thiasoi
christians/ity, as ‘atheists’
christians/ity, bonding and bridging
christians/ity, divides families
christians/ity, egalitarianism
christians/ity, family aspects
christians/ity, interconnectedness
christians/ity, love god
christians/ity, miracles free
christians/ity, names of
christians/ity, paradise
christians/ity, reading scriptures
christians/ity, religious capital
christians/ity, siblings
christians/ity, social capital
christians/ity, young
clement of alexandria, christian writer
climacus, christian ascetic, first movements as bad thoughts
climacus, christian ascetic, some emotions natural
clothing, signification of, in medieval christian art
community, christian, reception of jesus identity
compared to legislation pertaining to dissident christians
conflagration ekpyrosis, in early christianity
conflict, and popular responses to christianity
consolation writings, christian consoling enjoins metriopatheia usually
constantine, handling of christian dissent
conversion to christianity of
conversion, christian anxieties about the sincerity of
conversion, christian desires for
conversion, christian incentives offered for
conversion, laws penalizing those who attacked jewish converts to christianity and
conversion/proselytes, christian
covenant, christian
cross; christians make sign of
crown, in christian art
cult, christian refusal to participate in civic or pagan
cult, of christian martyrs
culture, ‘christian’
cultus, christian
cursing of christ and christians
customs/traditions/practices as identity markers, among christians
cyprian, attitudes to lapsed christians
day of atonement ritual, in christian texts
death penalty, christian writers
death, impurity of in christian sources
death, of christians
demons, in the christian tradition
demons, xii; take possession of christians
dichotomies, jewish versus christian
didascalia apostolorum, christian gatherings in
diocletian, witnesses christians burning
dissident christians, anthemios’s suppression of
dissident christians, gratian’s “edict of toleration” and
dissident christians, honorius’s suppression of
dissident christians, illness and madness metaphors regarding
dissident christians, justinian’s suppression of
dissident christians, marcian’s law prohibiting public debate regarding
dissident christians, second baptism and
dissident christians, theodosios i’s targeting of
distress thlipsis, christian
divine power, christians can achieve
divine presence, in pauline christianity
divinity of jesus, jewish and christian debate on
divorce, christian prohibition
doctrine, christian
dove as omen in early christianity
dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, glory of the confessors
dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, glory of the martyrs
dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the powerful deeds of the bishop st. martin
dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the suffering and powerful deeds of the martyr st. julian
dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, zacharias scholasticus, life of severus
early christian attitude toward
early christian attitude toward, in origen’s commentary on canticles
early christian intellectual life
earthquake, kills many jews but few christians
ecphrasis, in byzantine christianity
edessa, early christianity
education, christian
education, christian origins and
emissaries, christian use of
emotional wellbeing, of christian devotees
emperors, pre-constantinian christian attitude to
enemy love as a christian proprium
epictetus, on christians
epicureanism, christians
epigrams, christian
epiphanius of salamis, christian bishop
epistle of barnabas, within early christianity
epistle to diognetus, and early christianity
ethical education, gnosticism/gnostic christianity
ethnic reasoning, in early christianity
ethnicity, and christianity
ethnos/ethne, christians as
eusebius of caesarea, on christian history
eusebius, christian historian
eusebius, on christians as a restored hebrew ethnos
eusebius, on mass murders of christians
exempla and typology, christianity, typology, and the hebrew bible
expulsion of christians from synagogues
ezekiel, exagoge, and christian apologists
false prophecy, in late antique christianity
family, christians as
figural readers, ancient christian
formation of christian ethos
formation of christian identity
formation, christian
galen., on christianity
galilee, jewish and christian in the
gamaliel vi, enslaved christians and
gaul, christian presence in
gender, study of, in early christian martyrdom narratives
genealogy/generations, christian conversion and rejection of
genos/gene/gens/genus, christians as
gentile christians
gentiles, in christian discourse
gladiators; christians cannot cheer
gluttony, natural or necessary among certain christians
gnosticism, christianitys polemic against
gnosticism/gnostic christianity
gnostics and gnosticism, as christian intellectuals
gods time, in christian late antiquity
graves, jewish, desecration of by christians
greco-roman culture, christian anxiety over adaptations of
greeks, as critics of christianity
greetings, christian
gregory of nyssa, and christianity
gregory the great, persuasion as means of converting jews to christianity supported by
gregory the great, poverty among jewish converts to christianity and
healing healers, jews forbidden to employ christian
heaven, christian
hebrew bible/old testament, christian typology of
hellenization, christian
heterodox christians ixf
heterodox christians ixf, teachers
hippolytus, and christian interpretation
history, as christian history
history, rewritten by christians
hoi alloi, in ascetic christianity
holiness, of christians
honorius, jews’ holding of enslaved christians and
hope, approved by christians
hope, christian
hope; christians united in bond of
household, christian
hymns, early christian
identity as nation or people, in case of christianity
identity construction, along violent jew/merciful christian binary
identity, christian, and human diversity
identity, christian, and jewish law
identity, christian, frei on
identity, christian, pauls concept of
identity, roman christian
ignatius, on christian factions
imagery, christian missionary
imperial ideology reading christian writings through lens of
incest; christians charged with
incest; christians do not practice
incubation christian, miraculous cures obtainable sleeping away from church
incubation christian, problem of defining christian incubation
incubation christian, unintentional incubation
infanticide; christians charged with
infants, christians
initiation, christian
interpretation, christian
irenaeus of lyons, on the rule of truth,, christian authors’ concepts of
israel, community of, christian understanding of
israel, used of christians
jeffery, p., jewish scriptures, christians in
jerusalem temple, christian churches compared to
jerusalem, christians
jerusalem, in christian thought
jesus, christian vision of
jesus, in jewish/christian dialogue
jesus—see also christianity
jew, in christian discourse
jewish christianity, definition
jewish christianity, early forms
jewish christianity, literary productions
jewish christianity, second century and beyond
jewish christianity, separation from christianity
jewish feasting and feasting literature see under see also under christianity, early, responses to the greco-roman symposium
jewish law/legal schools, and christian writing
jewish-christianity, jewish christians
jews, attitude to christianity
jews, contact with christians
jews, knowledge of christian scriptures
jews, violence of christians against
jews/hebrews, and christians
jews/judeans/ioudaioi, as compared with christians
john chrysostom, denunciation of christian adoption of jewish practices
joseph, used by christians
judaism and christianity
judaism and christianity, their relations
judaism, as opposed to ‘christianity’
judaism, christian criticism of
judaism, christian identification with
judaism, in christian greek empire
judaism, relation to christianity
judaism, relationship to christianity
judaism, viewed as threat to christians
judaizing christians
justin martyr, categorization of, and christian identity
justin martyr, jewish christians
justin martyr, story of roman christian matron
justin, christian apologist
justin, christian writer
justinian, roman law and orthodox christianity fused by
kerygma, christian
law, christian
law, jewish, and christian identity
law, late roman, attacks by jews on other jews who become christians prohibited by
law, late roman, boundaries between jews and christians demarcated in
law, late roman, marriage between jews and christians and
law, late roman, pertaining to dissident christians and traditionalists, commonalities of in
law, late roman, possession of enslaved christians by jews prohibited by
law, late roman, purchase of enslaved christians by jews prohibited by
leaders, christian
legal traditions, christian
legislation, rabbinic, versus christian/roman imperial thought
letter of severus of minorca on the conversion of the jews, jewish violence against christians recounted in
letter on the conversion of the jews, severus of minorca, social dynamics between jewish and christian communities
life, christian/community
life-writing and time, asceticism after conversion as feature of christian biography
life-writing and time, hinge between classical biography and christian hagiography
liturgical poetry, christian
liturgy, christian
living voice versus writing,, christians after papias on
living voice versus writing,, definition of living voice, in classical/ early christian world
living voice versus writing,, jews and christians before papias on
logos, in christian writing
love, christian
luke, synagogue, synagogue liturgy vs. christianity, paganism
lust, natural or necessary among certain christians
maccabees, date of first veneration by christians
magic christian, the
magic, christian and jewish rituals as
magic, christians alleged to practice
magic, christians, accused of
mark, christian liturgy
marriage, between jews and christians
martyr and martyrdom, x–xi, christian, x
martyr martyrs, christian
martyr, christian
martyrdom, christian
martyrdom, differing views of christians and rabbis
martyrdom; christians give thanks for
martyrologies, interest among christians
martyrs and martyrdom, asceticism as feature of christian biography
matrimony, christian and jew
matrimony, christian obligation
matrimony, christian vs. hellenistic
matrimony, christianity
matrona, christian
matter ὕλη, early christians on
maximus, confessor, christian
maximus, confessor, christian, his preferred definition of will is a definition of stoic oikeiōsis
meals, christian
meaning, christian tradition of
menstruants/niddah, in early christianity
minim stories, in the babylonian talmud, as a response to christian writings
minim, christians
minim, not always christians in rashi
minorcan jewish women, artemisia, conversion to christianity
minorcan jewish women, innocentiuss widowed sister-in-law, conversion to christianity
minorcan jewish women, theodoruss wife, conversion to christianity
minority, christian
minucius felix, christian apologist
miracle, christian miracle
miracles, christian
mission, christian mission
missionary activities, christian
missionary religions, christianity as making institutional efforts at expansion
missionary, traveling christian
montanist-novatianist christianity
morality, christian
morality, early christian
moses, as christian reader
multiplicity and multiformity within, christian
music, early christian
music; early christian
mysteries, christian ‘mysteries’
mystery cults, possible christian influence on
mystery religions, high-water mark of piety of, influence on christian ideas
mythic origins as identity marker, of christians
nations of the world, christians
negotiation, christian art and
negotiation, of christians
nero persecution of christians
new testament—see also, christianity
non-gnostic christians
nonnus, dionysiaca, christian context of
north african christianity
nourishment/nurturance, christianity
novelty, viii-ix, christian embrace of, viii-ix
old testament, christian reading of
oracles, predict the end of christianity
oral-traditional authority,, use in early christian sources
orthodoxy, in judaism, in christianity
paideia, vs. christian teaching
palestinian rabbis, sages, contact with minim, christians, bible-reading heretics
paradox in early christian self-definition
paradox, in christianity
parting of the ways between judaism and christianity
passover, as a tupos of christianity
passover, christian
pastoral care, of christian communities
patronage, among christians
persecution of early christians
persecution, of christians
persecutions, of christians
persecutions, of christians, 2nd and 3rd edicts
persecutions, of christians, 4th edict
persecutions, of christians, arnobius alludes to
persecutions, of christians, beginning of great persecution
persecutions, of christians, diocletians imperial conference about
persecutions, of christians, intellectual background to
persia, persian empire, christian centers in
persian empire, early christianity
peter, christian apostle, attacked by pagans
pharisaic-rabbinic connection, in early christian literature
pharisees, in christian literature
philistines, philosophy, christianity as
philosophical opposition to christianity
philosophical opposition to christianity, hostile environment
philosophical opposition to christianity, overview
philosophy/philosophical schools, christian groups rejecting
pisidia, christians, philippi
pisidia, christians, rome
pisidia, christians, sermons
pisidia, christians, thessalonica
platonism, christian
platonism/platonic philosophy, christian platonism
pneumatology, early christian
pneumatology,, early christian
poetry, christian
polemic between christian groups
polemics, jews and christians
polemics, of palestinian rabbis against christians
politics, public versus private christian practice
polity, christian
polity, christian political theory
polycarp, christian martyr
popular responses to christianity
popular responses to christianity, charges of incest
popular responses to christianity, charges of practising magic
popular responses to christianity, christians as antisocial
popular responses to christianity, economic motivations
popular responses to christianity, in the later new testament
porphyry, christians are ignorant
porphyry, opponent of christianity, anti-christian propaganda
porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, ad marcellam
porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, contra christianos
porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, historical criticism
porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, literary method
porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, rejects incarnation
post-nicene christianity
poverty, differing views of christians and rabbis
prayer, christian
preaching, christian
predestination προόρισις, christians on
priests, christian
private versus public christian practice
prophecies of christianity
prophecies, ancient christian interpretation of
prophecy, early christian
prophetic or revelatory authority,, use of, in early christian sources
prophetic, christian
prophets, christian
proselytizing, proselytism, by christians
prudentius, private versus public christian practice and
public versus private christian practice
qumran-essene hypothesis, christian formulation of
race, christians as
ravenna, christian art
reader engagement, with christian ecphrasis
reality, christian view of
rejected by christians
religion christian, saints sought as alternative to physicians
religion, christianity
religion; christian
resistance, of christians
resurrection, meaning for christian community
ritual, christian
roman christians
roman empire, christianization of
roman law, incompatible with christian law
roman legal prosecution, of christians
romans, letter to, early christianity and
rome ancient, christian burial sites
rome, christian beginnings
rome, christianization
rome/romans, and christians
sabbath, christians
sacrifice and sacrificial feasting, christian attitudes to sacrificial meat
sacrifice, animal, in christianity, lack of v
sacrifice, animal, in christianity, to the christian god or to saints
samaritans, forced conversions to christianity and
samaritans, incentives for conversion to christianity and
sandals, in early christian literature
schools, christian
scorn gods, ; have false opinions of christian god
scriptores historiae augustae, and christianity
scripture, christian interpretations of
scripture, christian, christian use of
scripture, christian, development of canon
scripture, christian, ethiopian canon
scripture, christian, importance in life of faithful
scripture, christian, justin martyr
scripture, christian, syrian canon
scripture, xii; as the literature of christians
sex, as disgusting, in judaism and christianity
sexual relations christians on pagan conceptions of
sexual relations in first-century christian sources
sexual relations in second- and third-century christian sources
sexuality, early christian discourses on
sin; christians fall away through
sinai desert, christian attitudes to
sirens; negative metaphor for christians
slavonic josephus, christian additions
socrates christian
soldier; metaphor for christian
solon, songs and singing, christian suspicion of
song of songs, christian reception of
song of songs, christian supercessionism and
soteria in christianity
soteria in christianity, and sin
soteria in christianity, jewish precedent for
soteria in christianity, related terms to
soteria in greek antiquity, christian uses, continuities with
soteria in greek antiquity, christian uses, different from
sourvinou-inwood, christiane
specific christian intellectuals, authority in
specific christian intellectuals, living voice versus writing in
spirit, early christianity
stoning, of christians on minorca, by jewish women
stoning, of jews who became christians, by other jews
sun; thought to be the christian god
sunday; christians devote to joy
supersessionism, christian
supersessionism, in christianity
synagogues, influence of christian architecture
syria, beginnings of christianity
tacitus, on christians
tatian and celsus,, education of christians and
tatian and celsus,, philosophical history and christian deviance, celsus on
tatian, christian apologist
teachers, christian
teaching/tutoring, christian
temple jewish in jerusalem, christians and the
temporality, christian
tertullian, christian apologist
tertullian, christian writer, comparison with paul
tertullian, on christians as pisciculi
testaments of the xii patriarchs, christian references
theodoret, christian, some emotion necessary and useful
theodosios ii, laws against dissenting christian sects and
theology, apophatic, christian
theology, christian
theology, christian, baptism
theology, christian, beginnings
theology, christian, christology
theology, christian, euangelion good tiding
theology, christian, heavenly treasures
theology, christian, holy spirit
theology, christian, incarnation
theology, christian, rejection of israel
theology, christian, sin
thessalonika, christian civic pride
thundering legion; story christianized
tiberius; contemporary with rise of christianity
tradition, christian
trajan, about a gymnasium for nicaea, on the treatment of christians
trajan; rescript on christians
translation, of christian sources
transmigration μετενσωμάτωσις, rejected by christians
transmission of christian traditions into
traulsen, christian
travel, christian reasons for travel
trial; as christian warfare
trials, of christians
tribulation, of christians
universalism, christian
universalism, hellenic, versus christian exclusivism
valentinians/valentinus, and christians
values/character as identity marker, of christians
vespasian; did not enforce laws against christians
villa christianity
virgins in christianity
waiting, christian transformation of
women, christian celibates and ascetics
women, christianity
women, importance in early christianity
women, interest in christianity
worship, early christian
worship/ritual/cult as identity markers, for christians
yaakov, term applied to minim, christians
ף metaphor for christian victory