The Parable of the Twins in the Tosefta: an underlying reference to Jesus?

“The Parable of the Twins in the Tosefta: An Underlying Reference to Jesus?”

in

Jews and Christians in Antiquity

A Regional Perspective

Edited by Pierluigi Lanfranchi & Joseph Verheyden, Leuven, Peeters Publisher, Belgium, 2018, pp. 183-190

According to an ancient eastern tradition Jesus had a twin brother: the Apostle [Jude] Thomas. This tradition is rooted in the Gospel of John, where it is said about this apostle: “Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus”...

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Pierluigi Lanfranchi and Joseph Verheyden

Jewish-Christian Relations in Roman Judaea Before and After the Revolts, 66–136 CE. . . . . . . . . .7
Peter J. Tomson

Some reflections on Origen, Celsus and Their Views on the Jews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Marco Rizzi

De vraies discussions entre Juifs et chrétiens? Le cas d’Origène . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Gilles Dorival

Identifying Jews and Christians: the Evidence of the Papyri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Willy Clarysse

From Philo to Areimanios: Jewish Traditions and Intellectual Profiles in First – Third century Alexandria in the Light of the Apocryphon of John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Daniele Tripaldi

Juifs et chrétiens à Smyrne au milieu du IIIe siècle d’après le Martyre de Pionios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Marie-Françoise Baslez

Les Judéens chrétiens et les Judéens synagogaux en Anatolie au IIe siècle : Confrontation ou coexistence (Ignace, Polycarpe et Méliton). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Simon C. Mimouni

Ritual Interactions between Jews and Christians East of Antioch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Gerard Rouwhorst

The Parable of the Twins in the Tosefta: An Underlying Reference to Jesus?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Thierry Murcia

The Not So Significant Other – On the Ideological Roots of Rabbinic-Christian Polemics. . . . . . 191
Ron Naiweld

Juifs, baptême et magie chez Sophrone de Jérusalem et Jean Moschos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Christian Boudignon

Jews and Christians in the City of Rome: Epigraphic Evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
David Noy

Jews and Christians in Northern Italy: Conflicts, Violences, Conversions, and Daily Coexistence in Late Antique Aquileia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Rita Lizzi Testa

A Broken Coexistence: Anti-Jewish Polemics and Religious Clashes in Late Roman Hispania. . .267
Raúl González Salinero

Jews and Christians in Late Antique Africa: an Hagiographical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Sabine Fialon

Caesarius, Bishop of Arles, the Jews and the Dreyfus Affair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Pierluigi Lanfranchi

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

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"The Parable of the Twins in the Tosefta: An Underlying Reference to Jesus?" in Jews and Christians in Antiquity A Regional Perspective Edited by Pierluigi Lanfranchi & Joseph Verheyden, Leuven, Peeters Publisher, Belgium, 2018, pp. 183-190.

According to an ancient eastern tradition Jesus had a twin brother: the Apostle [Jude] Thomas. This tradition is rooted in the Gospel of John, where it is said about this apostle: "Thomas, one of ...

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