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Index
Cover
Also by Paula Fredriksen
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Maps
1. The Idea of Israel
The Second Temple Matrix
Israel among the Nations
The Spread of the Gospel
Jews and Jesus
Who Is Israel?
Rhetorical “Jews” and Historical Jews
2. The Dilemmas of Diversity
The War of Words
The Knowledge of God
Strategies of Control
Neither Male nor Female
Mani and Pelagius: The Politics of Orthodoxy
Etiologies of Error
3. Persecution and Martyrdom
Celestial Diplomacy
Pre-Christian “Christian” Persecutions
The Matrix of Martyrdom
Spectacles of Death
Turning Points
The Communion of Saints
Rhetoric of Martyrdom
4. The Future of the End
The Second Coming
Taming the Apocalypse
Apocalypse Now
Different Endings: Heaven and Hell
5. Christ and Empire
Theology
Divine Sonship
Constantine, Nicaea, and After
Julian
Continuing Controversies
The Imperial Church
6. The Redemption of the Flesh
Ascetic Preludes
The Ascetic Laboratory
Ascetic Alternatives
Marriage, Celibacy, and Virginity
The Body, the Soul, and the Flesh
Ideology and Identity, Rhetoric and Reality
7. Pagan and Christian
The Mediterranean Matrix
Demons, Rituals, and “Magic”
Neutralizing Pagan Tradition
The Christian Capital
The “Second” Church
Identities and Boundaries
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Glossary
Supplementary Reading
Sources Index
Names and Places Index
Subject Index
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