The Stranger Within Your Gates

The Stranger Within Your Gates
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0226675866
ISBN-13 : 9780226675862
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Book Synopsis The Stranger Within Your Gates by : Gary G. Porton

Download or read book The Stranger Within Your Gates written by Gary G. Porton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual dilemma that converts posed to classical Jews played itself out in discussions of marriage, religious practice, inheritance of property, and much else: on the one hand, converts must be no different from native-born Israelites if the god of the Hebrew Bible is a universal deity; on the other hand, converts must be distinguishable from native-born members of the community if a divine covenant was made with Abraham's descendants.


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