Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface (2003); Abbreviations; Neither Jew nor Greek: A Retrospect; The parting of the ways; Identity; From texts to social practice; From social context to texts; Local and universal; Heresy and its origins; Women and gender; Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction: Neither Jew nor Greek? Constructing Early Christianity; Part 1 Disappearing Boundaries; Chapter 2 'The Parting of the Ways': Theological Construct or Historical Reality?*; Bibliographical note; Chapter 3 Do God-Fearers Make Good Christians?*; God-fearers as Chrisian converts: A profile

Matching the profileChapter 4 The Race of the God-Fearers*; The race of God-fearers; A race; Those who fear God; Polemic and propaganda; Chapter 5 Ignoring the Competition; Part 2 Women and Conversion in Judaism and Christianity; Chapter 6 The 'Attraction of Women' in/to Early Judaism and Christianity: Gender and the Politics of Conversion*; Bibliographical note; Chapter 7 Circumcision, Women and Salvation*; Circumcision and women in contemporary interpretation; Women proselytes; Hermeneutical consequences; Bibliographical note

Part 3 Theology and Scripture in Early Christian Views of JudaismChapter 8 History and Theology in Christian Views of Judaism*; The fate of Judaism in early Christian thought; Conflict and contact; Image and reality; Bibliographical note; Chapter 9 Accusations of Jewish Persecution in Early Christian Sources with Particular Reference to Justin Martyr and the Martyrdom of Polycarp*; The persecution of the righteous; Fulfilment of prophecy; Scriptural models; Universal witness; The activity of the devil; Defining by opposition and imitatio Christi

Chapter 10 Reading in Canon and Community: Deut. 21:22-23, a Test Case for Dialogue*Deuteronomy 21:22-23 as Old Testament: early Christian interpretation; a. Paul; b. Preaching and narrative; c. Justin Martyr; Deuteronomy 21:22-23 as Old Testament: translation and interpretation; Deuteronomy 21:23 as Old Testament: history and interpretation; Conclusion; Part 4 The Shaping of Early 'Christian' Identity; Chapter 11 The Forging of Christian Identity and the Letter to Diognetus*; Chapter 12 The New Testament and Early Christian Identity*

Chapter 13 'I Am a Christian': Martyrdom and the Beginning of 'Christian' Identity*Martyrdom and 'the other'; Text and audience; Text and intertextuality; Remembering and forgetting; Martyrdom, text and Christian identity; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Modern Authors