The origin of heresy : a history of discourse in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Royalty, Robert M., Jr., 1961-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:	Routledge studies in religion ; 18.
Subjects:	Christianity > Origin. Christianity and other religions > Judaism. Judaism > Relations > Christianity. Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Table of Contents:

The origin of heresy
The rhetoric of difference in Israel
Reform and revolution in the Roman Empire: John the Baptist and the disciples of Jesus
Paul and the rhetoric of difference
The Christian Gospels as narratives of exclusion
Policing the boundaries: the politics of heresiology
The politics of orthodoxy
Conclusions.