Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Splitting the Difference 1
5. Chapter 1. Circumcision and the Cultural Economy of Difference 15
6. Chapter 2. (De-) Judaizing Christ’s Circumcision The Dialogue of Difference 41
7. Chapter 3. Heresy, Theology, and the Divine Circumcision 72
8. Chapter 4. Dubious Difference Epiphanius on the Jewish Christians 100
9. Chapter 5. Scriptural Distinctions Reading Between the Lines 119
10. Chapter 6. “Let Us Be Circumcised!” Ritual Differences 146
11. Conclusion 179
12. Notes 191
13. Bibliography 269
14. Index 309
15. Acknowledgments 313