TY - GEN N2 - Historians of heresy typically understand the phenomenon as a Christian invention, a notion that emerges in late antiquity as Christianity distinguishes itself from Judaism. Operating with simpler, straightforward definitions of key terms, this text demonstrates that Christianity's heresiological impulse is indebted to Jewish precedents. Briefly put, the dynamic this work explores can be summarized as follows: Heresy involves the condemnation of novelty; forgery entails the feigning of antiquity. AB - Historians of heresy typically understand the phenomenon as a Christian invention, a notion that emerges in late antiquity as Christianity distinguishes itself from Judaism. Operating with simpler, straightforward definitions of key terms, this text demonstrates that Christianity's heresiological impulse is indebted to Jewish precedents. Briefly put, the dynamic this work explores can be summarized as follows: Heresy involves the condemnation of novelty; forgery entails the feigning of antiquity. T1 - Heresy, forgery, novelty :condemning, denying, and asserting innovation in ancient Judaism / AU - Klawans, Jonathan, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BM176 ID - 914323 KW - Jewish heresies. KW - Judaism KW - Christianity and other religions. KW - Christian heresies. SN - 9780190062538 TI - Heresy, forgery, novelty :condemning, denying, and asserting innovation in ancient Judaism / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190062507.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190062507.001.0001 ER -