Revisiting the "Judeo-Christian" Tradition
Medieval History

Revisiting the "Judeo-Christian" Tradition


Just to toot my own horn for a moment, I have just co-edited a special issue of the journal Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, 2:2 (2012) entitled "Revisiting the 'Judeo-Christian' Tradition." Some really wonderful essays there (and my mediocre one), especially in that many of them try (successfully, I think) to bridge chronological gaps and move between ancient/ medieval and modern.

Check it out at http://relegere.org/index.php/relegere/issue/view/32.




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