Open AccessDid the Ways Part? New Models in Judean/Christian Relations
Author(s) -
Michael Kok
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
axis mundi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1496-2578
DOI - 10.29173/axismundi78
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , christianity , judaism , hegemony , early christianity , philosophy , religious studies , history , theology , political science , law , psychology , social psychology , politics
In this paper I reconsider the evidence for the traditional “Parting of the Ways” model, which posits an official separation of Judaism and Christianity between 70 and 135 CE. I argue that neither Rabbinic Judaism nor Centrist (or proto-orthodox) Christianity obtained hegemony in the second century CE, but that many diverse groups on the Judaeo-Christian spectrum continued to interact and engage with one another in an attempt to formulate their own distinctiveness.