Description
Book SynopsisThis first full-length study of Jesus' circumcision reimagines the language of difference and identity in early Christianity. From his earliest appearance in the Gospel of Luke to the medieval Feast of the Circumcision, Christ circumcised embodies a new way of imagining Christians and their creation of a new religious culture.
Trade Review"This book is a tour de force in demonstrating how varieties of theory can enable fresh readings and understanding of old problems, namely orthodoxy and heresy or the relation of Judaism and Christianity." * J. Rebecca Lyman, Church Divinity School of the Pacific *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Splitting the Difference
Chapter 1. Circumcision and the Cultural Economy of Difference
Chapter 2. (De-)Judaizing Christ's Circumcision: The Dialogue of Difference
Chapter 3. Heresy, Theology, and the Divine Circumcision
Chapter 4. Dubious Difference: Epiphanius on the Jewish Christians
Chapter 5. Scriptural Distinctions: Reading Between the Lines
Chapter 6. "Let Us Be Circumcised!": Ritual Differences
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
