This book is a comprehensive survey of the dialogue between pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire up to the time when Constantine declared himself a Christian. Each chapter is written by a distinguished scholar and is devoted to a single text or group of texts with the aim of identifying the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the circumstances that led to this form of writing.

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Edited by Mark J. Edwards, Lecturer in Patristics, Christ Church, Oxford, Martin Goodman, Professor of Jewish Studies and Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Simon Price, Lecturer in Ancient History and Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and Chris Rowland, Dean Ireland Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture and Fellow, Queen's College, Oxford