Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments ix
3. Contents xiii
4. Introduction: When Christians Were Jews: On Judeo-Christian Origins 1
5. 1. The Close Call; Or, Could a Pharisee Be a Christian? 22
6. 2. Quo Vadis?; Or, The Acts of the Tricksters 42
7. 3. Thinking with Virgins: Engendering Judeo-Christian Difference 67
8. 4. Whose Martyrdom Is This, Anyway? 93
9. Appendix to Chapter 4: On the Methodology and Theology of W. H. C. Frend's Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church 127
10. Notes 133
11. Bibliography 215
12. Index 237