Establishing Boundaries. Christian-jewish Relations In Early Council Texts And The Writings Of Church Fathers

Establishing Boundaries Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series Editorial Board David Golinkin, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, Freek van der Steen Advisory Board Yehoyada Amir, David Berger, Shaye Cohen, Judith Frishman, Martin Goodman, Clemens Leonhard, Tobias Nicklas, Eyal Regev, Gerard Rouwhorst, Seth Schwartz, Yossi Turner VOLUME 19 Establishing Boundaries Christian-Jewish Relations in Early Council Texts and the Writings of Church Fathers By F.J.E. Boddens Hosang LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010 Bar-Ilan University, Israel University of Tilburg: Faculty of Catholic Theology, The Netherlands Protestant Theological University, Kampen, The Netherlands Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Israel The editors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boddens Hosang, F.J.E. Establishing boundaries : Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers / by F.J.E. Boddens Hosang. p. cm. — (Jewish and Christian perspectives series, ISSN 1388-2074 ; v. 19) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-18255-4 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Christianity and other religions—Judaism. 2. Judaism—Relations—Christianity. 3. Theology, Doctrinal—History—Early church, ca. 30–600. 4. Christian literature, Early—History and criticism. I. Title. II. Series. BM535.B585 2010 261.2’609015—dc22 2009050332 ISSN 1388-2074 ISBN 978 90 04 18255 4 Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands CONTENTS Editorial Statement ............................................................................ vii Acknowledgements ............................................................................ ix Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xi Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 Fourth Century Developments ............................................. 2 Jews and Christians in the Scholarly Debate ..................... 2.1 Judaism in Decline? ...................................................... 2.2 Parting of the Ways? ..................................................... 3 A Different Type of Source Material: Council Texts ........ 1 1 2 2 9 14 Chapter One The Council of Elvira ............................................ 1 Pre-Fourth Century Archeological and Literary Evidence for Jews and Christians in Spain .......................................... 1.1 The Jewish Evidence ..................................................... 1.2 The Chris