: Lisa A. Unterseher
: The Mark of Cain and the Jews Augustine's Theology of Jews and Judaism
: Gorgias Press
: 9781463236304
: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
: 1
: CHF 62.80
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: Christentum
: English
: 214
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This book examines the development of Augustine of Hippo's theology of the Jewish people and Judaism. Formulating a typological association between the biblical figure of Cain and the Jews, he crafts a highly intricate theology that justifies and even demands the continuing presence of Jews and their religious practices in a Christian society. Such a theology emerges out of his highly original interpretation of Genesis 4:1-15 and yet mirrors and theologically justifies the reality of Jews and Judaism in the late Roman Empire.