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From: reedr@cgsvax.claremont.edu
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Subject: Re: DID HE REALLY RISE???
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Date: 15 Apr 93 04:57:57 GMT
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In article <Apr.13.00.08.56.1993.28439@athos.rutgers.edu>, eggertj@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:

> I disagree with your claim that Jews were not evangelistic (except in
> the narrow sense of the word).  Jewish proselytism was widespread.
> There are numerous accounts of Jewish proselytism, both in the New
> Testament and in Roman and Greek documents of the day.

Jim,

Please feel free to correct me and give me some texts.  As far as I can see the
only text which vaugely relates to jewish evangelism is found in Mt. 23:15.
However since this is found only in Mt. it cannot be dated before 90CE which
makes it unusefull for understanding Second Temple Judaism. 

randy
