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Tolerance, Intolerance, and Recognition in Early Christianity and Early Judaism
Were the Early Christians Really Persecuted?
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Abstract
The long-held image of early Christ-believers persecuted by an intolerant state has been called into question by a “minimalist” view, which, in contrast, understands Christian obstinacy as intolerance of a largely tolerant Roman state. This article seeks to balance these two extremes by offering a new model of “modified minimalism,” which accounts for both Christian and Roman viewpoints.