Mission and conversion : proselytizing in the religious history of the Roman Empire / Martin Goodman.

This book tackles a central problem of comparative religious history: proselytizing by Jews and pagans in the ancient world, and the origins of missions in the early Church. Why did some individuals in the first four centuries of the Christian era believe it desirable to persuade outsiders to join t...

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Main Authors:Goodman, Martin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Oxford u.a. : Clarendon Press, 1994.
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