Annette Y. Reed and Adam H. Becker, “Introduction: Traditional Models and New Directions,” in Adam H. Becker and Annette Y. Reed, eds., The Ways that Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007), 1-33 (original) (raw)
For those who seek the origins of our modern conceptions of Judaism and Christianity as ultimately related yet essentially distinct religions, the idea of the "Parting of the Ways" proves powerfully attractive, offering a reassuringly ecumenical etiology of the religious differences between present-day Christians and Jews. 1 In this model Judaism and Christianity are likened to two paths that branched off from a single road, never to cross or converge again. 2 Even as their common origin is affirmed, the allegedly fundamental distinction between the two is explained as a result of a mutual decision, long ago, to part their fates and go their separate ways.
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For those who seek the origins of our modern conceptions of Judaism and Christianity as ultimately related yet essentially distinct religions, the idea of the "Parting of the Ways" proves powerfully attractive, offering a reassuringly ecumenical etiology of the religious differences between present-day Christians and Jews. 1 In this model Judaism and Christianity are likened to two paths that branched off from a single road, never to cross or converge again. 2 Even as their common origin is affirmed, the allegedly fundamental distinction between the two is explained as a result of a mutual decision, long ago, to part their fates and go their separate ways.
Review of Biblical Literature, 2010
The Ways That Never Parted is a collection of essays originally presented at a 2002 conference hosted by Oxford and Princeton Universities. Originally published as a hardcover by Mohr Siebeck in 2003, the 2007 Fortress paperback version includes the seventeen original essays plus a new preface that highlights the relevant subsequent publications by the contributors. The conference and ensuing book developed from a desire to shift the discussion of Jewish-Christian relations in the centuries following the early Jesus movement and the destruction of the Second Temple in the first century of the Common Era. Whereas in the past it has typically been argued that Judaism and Christianity decisively parted ways and emerged as independent religions in the first or second century (4), this volume furthers recent scholarly interest in complicating the historical situation. With a provocative title that suggests that Judaism and Christianity never parted, the editors are hoping to break free from the old model. Not only did the old model begin with a limiting and guiding question-when was the single parting of the ways?-but it prevented scholars from dealing seriously with archaeological and literary evidence that conflicted with the prevailing scholarly consensus (16-22). By rethinking our assumptions about Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, the editors and contributors to this volume use the diversity of primary evidence to
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People today clearly view Judaism and Christianity as different religions. Undisputedly, however, Jesus and his followers were Jews in the first century. When did the parting of the way between Jews and Christians take place? What are the decisive factors that made the two ended up so far from each other? !is essay examines this relationship in its social, theological, historical, and political context. The evidence suggests that though the exact time and impetus for the parting remain elusive, the parting of the way began in the first century and gradually became clearer in the second century.
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