Aidan Cottrell-Boyc Jewish Christians in Puritan Englan (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Jewish Christians in Puritan EnglandCondition: NewISBN-10: 0227177959EAN: 9780227177952ISBN: 9780227177952Publisher: James Clarke & Co LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/24/2022Description: Among the proliferation of Puritan sects across England in the seventeenth century, a remarkable number began adopting demonstratively Jewish ritual practices. From circumcision to Sabbath-keeping and dietary laws, their actions led these movements were labelled by their contemporaries as Judaizers, with various motives proposed. Were these Judaizing steps an excrescence of over-exuberant biblicism? Were they a by-product of Protestant apocalyptic tendencies? Were they a response to the changing status of Jews in Europe?In Jewish Christians in Puritan England, Aidan Cottrell-Boyce shows that it was instead another aspect of Puritanism that led to this behaviour: the need to be recognised as a 'singular', positively distinctive, Godly minority. This quest for demonstrable uniqueness as a form of assurance united the Judaizing groups with other Protestant movements, while the depiction of Judaism in Christian rhetoric at the time made them a peculiarly ideal model upon which to base the marks of their salvation.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityAuthor: Aidan Cottrell-BoyceRelease Year: 2022

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