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Christianity: From Disputation to Difference

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Judaic attitudes toward Christianity vary greatly but traditionally, Jews have treated Christianity as a greater theological opposite as a result of exclusivist Christian anti-Judaism along with the concurrent persecution, massacres, and exclusion. Is it possible to advance from this prior era? Can Christianity be viewed as a theological entity?

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Brill, A. (2012). Christianity: From Disputation to Difference. In: Judaism and World Religions. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137013187_3

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