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from Part I - Beginnings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2023
This chapter discusses distinctly Alexandrian factors that motivated the Jesus movements’ recruitment of majority (non-Jewish) populations. It argues that the Alexandrian pogrom of 38 ce, the massacre in 66 ce, and the widespread destruction of Alexandrian Jews in 117 cesignificantly reduced the social and cultural capital of Jews within the city. Devotees of Jesus who were interested in increasing their status-bridging capital were encouraged to connect with broader circles including educated members of the elite and other power brokers in the city. The earliest votaries of Jesus had reason, due to popular suspicions about Jewish sedition, to disassociate from Jewish practices and institutions even as they adapted the promises of Jewish scripture, techniques of Jewish exegesis, organizational structures, and liturgical forms.
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