"The Christians as the Romans Saw Them"

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This paper discusses the book, "The Christians as the Romans Saw Them," and focuses on the roles Roman knowledge and interpretation of Judaism and their Jewish subjects played in their understandings of Christianity and their relations with Christians.

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"Just as the Romans were skeptical of Christianity and Jesus, they were skeptical of the Jews and their religion. Romans had developed a sophisticated and well-functioning society, but their intolerance of other religions left little room for acceptance, and so, as Christianity spread, Romans either had to accept it or slowly disintegrate into a pagan and non-believing state that did not fit in the new world order. Later, the author seems to confirm this when he notes, "Christianity exposed Hellenism to acute peril. For the revolt against Judaism injected a poison into the society that would eventually destroy the traditions of Hellenism" (Wilken 1984, 121). It seems that understanding the Jewish religion ultimately led to a fuller acceptance of Christianity around this world, and this doomed the Roman Empire."

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