Excursus: “Jews” and “Judaism” 13
2 Defining “Mission” and “Conversion” in
Mission and Conversion: Sociological and Ideological Elements 18
Excursus 2: Proselytism and Demographics 52
3 Jewish Missionary Activity IN Palestine 55
Forced Conversions in Palestine 55
Inscriptions from Palestine 70
4 Jewish Missionary Activity in the Diaspora 77
Socioreligious Context of the Diaspora 77
Pagan Attraction to Judaism 8 3
Apologetic-Propagandistic Literature 109
Greek and Latin Literature 121
5 Evidence from the New Testament and
Early Christian Literature 133
An Early Jewish Christian Mission to Gentiles 134
Missionary Competition between Jews and Christians 140
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6 Conclusion
Appendix: Source Book on Gentile Conversions and Jewish Missionary Activity 157
World History
