Leaving the Fold: Apostates and Defectors in Antiquity - Softcover

Wilson, S. G.

 
9780800636753: Leaving the Fold: Apostates and Defectors in Antiquity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0800636759 ISBN 13: 9780800636753
Verlag: Augsburg Fortress, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Movement from one community to another can create strife, pain, and social dislocation. In this astute analysis, Stephen Wilson examines the ancient sources for clues to how leaving a religious group happened, what motivated defectors, and the different ways Jews, Christians, and pagans interpreted the event. As Wilson explains, "by and large defection was a rancorous business and provoked extreme reactions, understandably so in the case of those who became traitors or who turned violently on their former community. But even the less dramatic instances were deeply troubling."

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Verlag
Augsburg Fortress
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0800636759
ISBN 13 
9780800636753
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
158
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