Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-226) and index.
Contents
The origin of heresy -- The rhetoric of difference in Israel -- Reform and revolution in the Roman Empire: John the Baptist and the disciples of Jesus -- Paul and the rhetoric of difference -- The Christian Gospels as narratives of exclusion -- Policing the boundaries: the politics of heresiology -- The politics of orthodoxy -- Conclusions.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.