01272nam a2200337 a 4500 20260119071343.0 2024-04-13 16:31:12 9780804735926 eng 296.6909015 M438-S54 Matthews, Shelly Author First Converts Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early Judaism and Christianity Shelly Matthews U.S.A. Standford University Press 2001 164tr. hardcover, illustrations Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences It has often been said that rich pagan women, much more so than men, were attracted both to early Judaism and Christianity. This book provides a new reading of sources from which this truism springs, focusing on two texts from the turn of the first century, Josephus's Antiquities and Luke's Acts. Evangelistic work Judaism Bible -- N.T -- Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Josephus, Flavius https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14326/first-converts.jpg Cover Image Trương Trung Tín 231010TKH 14177 14177 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-14177 0.00 BK