Pieter Willem van der Horst

A collection of fifteen essays, most of them published previously. Ch. 6 (pp. 109-118), "Jews and Christians in Antioch at the End of the Fourth Century" [appeared in "Christian-Jewish Relations through the Centuries" (2000)], contrasts the vitriolic anti-Jewish polemics of John Chrysostom in regard to Judaizing with the attitude of the "Apostolic Constitutions" (material on ecclesiastical law). The latter, instead of denigrating the Jews, borrowed from them aspects of Judaism that local Christians found attractive. Ch. 12 (pp. 207-221), "Who Was Apion?" [unpublished], focuses on Apion's "scholarship" and writing, i.e. activities other than his anti-Jewish polemics. However, notes that Apion's self-proclaimed originality included his invention of the libel of Jewish cannibalism.

Studies on Jewish Hellenism in Antiquity

Japheth in the Tents of Shem

A collection of essays, most of which were published previously. Partial contents:

Selected Essays on Early Judaism, Samaritanism, Hellenism, and Christianity

Jews and Christians in Their Graeco-Roman Context

Mjj Menken

M. J. J. Menken

Joop F. M. Smit

J. F. M. Smit

Geert Van Oyen

Pw Van Der Horst

For those of you who like jargon, this book is about propaganda, protreptics, apologetics and polemics. For those of you who don't, this is a study of ancient religious discourse and the interaction between different religious groups.

Persuasion and Dissuasion in Early Christianity, Ancient Judaism, and Hellenism

Bob Becking

Karel van der Toorn

The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (DDD) is the single major reference work on the gods, angels, demons, spirits, and semidivine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books. Book jacket.

Pieter Willem van der Horst

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