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Simon - Verus IsraelVerus Israel
A Study of the Relations between Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire (AD 135-425)

Marcel Simon
Translated from French by H. McKeating

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read more about this book'A masterly survey . . . the sheer range of Simon's control of the Christian writers, and the sensitivity of his reading of the historical and theological elements in the process, will continue to make his study indispensable for anyone working in the field.'
Judith Lieu, Journal of Religious History

'He succeeds in weaving a thread through a labyrinth of confusing claims and reports . . . a detailed picture of the nuances in the conflict of orthodoxies, underpinned by felicitous quotations . . . splendid book . . . will give the reader a feast.'
Ulrich Simon, The Tablet

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Marcel Simon (1907-1986), late Professor Emeritus of the University of Strasbourg, was one of the century's foremost historians of Christianity. His many publications include Le Judaïsme et le Christianisme antique (1968), L'Anglicanisme (1969), and La Civilization de l'antiquité et le Christianisme (1972).

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Format

23.5 x 15.5 cm / 6" x 9"

Pages 552 pages
ISBN 978-1-874774-27-3
Price £21.95 / $34.95
Date of publication 1996

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