Table of Contents

Introduction - James McLaren

Chapter 1: GENTILES, GOD-FEARERS AND PROSELYTES
David C. Sim

Chapter 2: PHILO AND THE GENTILES
David T. Runia

Chapter 3: GENTILES IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
John J. Collins

Chapter 4: JOSEPHUS AND THE GENTILES
James S. McLaren

Chapter 5: THE PORTRAYAL OF GENTILES IN JEWISH
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE
Michael P. Theophilos

Chapter 6: THE TEMPLE AND GENTILES
James S. McLaren


Chapter 7: THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE GENTILES
Donald Binder

Chapter 8: Q AND THE GENTILES
Christopher M. Tuckett

Chapter 9: PAUL’S ATTITUDES TO THE GENTILES
Sean F. Winter

Chapter 10: FISHING THE OTHER SIDE:
THE GENTILE MISSION IN MARK’S GOSPEL
Ian J. Elmer

Chapter 11: THE ATTITUDE TO GENTILES IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
David C. Sim

Chapter 12: ‘TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH’:
ATTITUDES TO GENTILES IN LUKE–ACTS
Elizabeth V. Dowling

Chapter 13: GENTILES IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN:
NARRATIVE POSSIBILITIES – JOHN 12.12-43
Mary L. Coloe

Chapter 14: GREEKS IN COLOSSAE: SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES IN THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS AND ITS CONTEXT
Alan Cadwallader

Chapter 15: ‘YOU SHALL NOT GIVE WHAT IS HOLY TO THE DOGS’ (DIDACHE 9.5):
THE ATTITUDE OF THE DIDACHE TO THE GENTILES
Jonathan A. Draper

Chapter 16: JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND GENTILES: OBSERVATIONS AND SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS
David C. Sim

Bibliography 267
Index of References 287
Index of Authors

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This volume explores the attitudes to Gentiles in ancient Jewish literature and in many of the New Testament texts

About the Author

David C. Sim is Associate Professor in the School of Theology at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.

James S. McLaren is Professor in the School of Theology at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.

Reviews

[An] inspiring collection of essays.
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