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The Discussion of Judaic Christianity

The Discussion of Judaic Christianity THE DISCUSSION OF JUDAIC CHRISTIANITY BY G. QUISPEL Scholarly research has shown convincingly that Jewish Christianity in Palestine remained alive and active even after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and was instrumental in bringing Christianity to Mesopotamia and further East, thus laying the foundations of Semitic, Aramaic speak- ing, Syrian Christianity. Some scholars go even further: they think that even the Dead Sea Scrolls should be brought into the picture and consider the possibility of a direct line from Qumran to Edessa.1 Even if this last view deserves a critical reassessment, there is no doubt that Palestine and Mesopotamia are conceived of in our day as a special unit, independent of and of equal importance with Latin and Greek Christianity. Rome, Ephesus and Edessa are held to be the three main centres of the Early Church.2 This is the new image of the history of the Early Church, and it is important that our students should be made familiar with this idea, because it may be relevant to their present situation. In the first place it shows them that the Christian religion is not to be identified with the western world. As a matter of fact http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

The Discussion of Judaic Christianity

Quispel, G.
Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 21 (1): 81 – Jan 1, 1967
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Brill
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© 1967 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-6032
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1570-0720
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10.1163/157007267X00375
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THE DISCUSSION OF JUDAIC CHRISTIANITY BY G. QUISPEL Scholarly research has shown convincingly that Jewish Christianity in Palestine remained alive and active even after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and was instrumental in bringing Christianity to Mesopotamia and further East, thus laying the foundations of Semitic, Aramaic speak- ing, Syrian Christianity. Some scholars go even further: they think that even the Dead Sea Scrolls should be brought into the picture and consider the possibility of a direct line from Qumran to Edessa.1 Even if this last view deserves a critical reassessment, there is no doubt that Palestine and Mesopotamia are conceived of in our day as a special unit, independent of and of equal importance with Latin and Greek Christianity. Rome, Ephesus and Edessa are held to be the three main centres of the Early Church.2 This is the new image of the history of the Early Church, and it is important that our students should be made familiar with this idea, because it may be relevant to their present situation. In the first place it shows them that the Christian religion is not to be identified with the western world. As a matter of fact

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