Dr. Stéphanie É. Binder teaches in Bar-Ilan University's Department of Classics, where she received her Ph.D. in Classical Studies. She studies the relations between Jews, Greeks and Romans during the Second Temple period as well as the question of the parting of the ways between Christians and Jews in late Antiquity. She is the author of two books: Tertullian, On Idolatry and Mishnah Avodah Zarah: Questioning the Parting of the Ways between Christians and Jews (Brill 2012) and Tertullien et moi (Cerf 2022), and is the managing editor of Mediterranean Historical Review.
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In late 2nd century Carthage, Tertullian, the first church father to write in Latin, composed Adversus Iudaeos to argue that Christianity’s interpretation of the Hebrew Bible was better than that of the Jews. While his depictions of Jews deal only with biblical verses, from his comments elsewhere about veiled women, Nazarenes, fasting, etc., he was clearly familiar with Jewish practice of his day.
In late 2nd century Carthage, Tertullian, the first church father to write in Latin, composed Adversus Iudaeos to argue that Christianity’s interpretation of the Hebrew Bible was better than that of the Jews. While his depictions of Jews deal only with biblical verses, from his comments elsewhere about veiled women, Nazarenes, fasting, etc., he was clearly familiar with Jewish practice of his day.
