TY - BOOK ID - 135861185 TI - Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians : Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities PY - 2009 SN - 1282868500 9786612868504 0567457362 PB - London : Continuum International Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and other religions. KW - Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. KW - Identification (Religion). KW - Religions -- Relations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135861185 AB - This study sheds new light on identity formation and maintenance in the world of the early Christians by drawing on neglected archaeological and epigraphic evidence concerning associations and immigrant groups and by incorporating insights from the social sciences. The study's unique contribution relates, in part, to its interdisciplinary character, standing at the intersection of Christian Origins, Jewish Studies, Classical Studies, and the Social Sciences. It also breaks new ground in its thoroughly comparative framework, giving the Greek and Roman evidence its due, not as mere background b ER -