Language:
English
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Early Christian Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,3 (2002) 305-327
Keywords:
Aphraates,
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
Abstract:
Provides a social context for understanding the anti-Judaism of Aphrahat. On the basis of his "On the Care of the Poor" (344), suggests that during the Sassanian persecution of Christians, the latter may have frequented synagogues to receive charity and, at the same time, been perceived as being tempted to "backslide" into Judaism. Aphrahat claimed that Jews were greedy and did not offer the "real" kind of charity that Christianity espoused.
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