In the Second-Temple period non-Jews were attracted to Judaism's communal life, religious observance and theological imagination. On the Jewish side, this was matched by the development of several discrete "patterns of universalism"-ways in which Jews were able to conceive of a positive place for Gentiles within their symbolic world. In this book Terence Donaldson collects and comments on all of the texts (to the end of the second Jewish rebellion in 135 CE) that deal with Gentile sympathizers, proselytes, ethical monotheists and participants in end-time redemption. In impressive detail, Donaldson identifies, defines, and describes these "patterns of universalism."

About the Author
Terence L. Donaldson is the Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament Studies at Wycliffe College (University of Toronto). He is author of two other books a Jesus on the Mountain and Paul and the Gentiles a and is one of the co-chairpersons of the "Religious Rivalries" Seminar.

Reviews
Donaldson has taken on an immense task surveying Jewish Salvation and Gentile Universalism through a broad sweep of literature and continually testing his conclusions against the text. I find this to be the most complete collection of relevant documents and quotations I have ever encountered. This volume deserves to be in every university and seminary library and on the shelf of every scholar whose research touches on this critical developmental period for both Judaism and Christianity. Victor Matthews, Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University



Book Information
ISBN 9781602580251
Author Terence L. Donaldson
Format Hardback
Page Count 580
Imprint Baylor University Press
Publisher Baylor University Press