The Stranger Within Your Gates
| Author | : Gary G. Porton |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 1994-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0226675866 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780226675862 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (862 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Stranger Within Your Gates by : Gary G. Porton
Download or read book The Stranger Within Your Gates written by Gary G. Porton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual dilemma that converts posed to classical Jews played itself out in discussions of marriage, religious practice, inheritance of property, and much else: on the one hand, converts must be no different from native-born Israelites if the god of the Hebrew Bible is a universal deity; on the other hand, converts must be distinguishable from native-born members of the community if a divine covenant was made with Abraham's descendants.