Parting of the Ways: the Emergence of Judaism and Christianity in the Ancient World
Upcoming Sessions
1. Thursday, October 9, 2025 • 17 Tishrei 5786
6:00 PM - 7:00 PMTBS2. Thursday, October 16, 2025 • 24 Tishrei 5786
6:00 PM - 7:00 PMTBS3. Thursday, October 23, 2025 • 1 Cheshvan 5786
6:00 PM - 7:00 PMTBSThis three part series will examine how Christians distinguished themselves from Jews.
How was "Jewishness" and "Christianness" defined and in what capacity were these boundaries unstable? What aspects of their religious worlds did Jews and Christians share? The class will read passages from the New Testament and Mishnah, as well as midrash and Church sermons from antiquity, to explore the historical context of Jesus and the Rabbis.
This class will be taught by TBS Member, Dr. Krista Dalton, Associate Professor of Religious and Jewish Studies at Kenyon College.
Krista Dalton is a cultural historian of ancient Judaism. Her first book, entitled How Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton University Press, 2025) analyzed the social process by which the rabbis of late ancient Roman Palestine became seen as religious experts in Jewish commcommuns. Her second and current book project, entitled The Rabbi: a Cultural History (Princeton University Press), offers a broad survey of the rabbinate from antiquity to modernity.
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