单词 | jewish-christian |
释义 | Jewish-Christiann.adj. A. n. Church History. A member of a Jewish-Christian church or community (see sense B. 1). Cf. Judaeo-Christian n. 1.In quot. 1566, with allusion to John 3:1–2 and 19:38–39, referring to Christians who have attitudes or beliefs regarded as more characteristic of Judaism. ΚΠ 1566 ‘W. P.’ tr. C. S. Curione Pasquine in Traunce To Rdr. sig. Aii Secretly to walke with Nichodemus by night for feare of Iewish Christians.] 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xv. ci. 589 The effect of false doctrine, that these Jewish Christians brought in. 1642 H. Thorndike Of Relig. Assemblies 309 There were two sorts of Jewish Christians under the Apostles. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. v. 463 He [sc. the preacher] could not quote the Greek, because it must needs have been that of the Septuagint; which the Jewish Christians of Jerusalem would not use. 1888 Presbyterian Rev. July 470 The use of the Hebrew prophets for the confirmation of the Christian faith was not confined to Jewish Christians. 1981 L. H. Schiffman in E. P. Sanders et al. Jewish & Christian Self-definition II. vi. 149 By the time the temple was destroyed, the Jewish Christians were a minority among the total number of Christians. 2004 I. J. Davidson Birth of Church (2005) v. 150 The name ‘Nazarenes’..came to be applied in particular to a group of Jewish Christians who resembled the Ebionites in their view of the Law but held a much higher view of Jesus. B. adj. 1. Chiefly Church History. Designating a church or community consisting of Jewish people who have become Christians, esp. while retaining many characteristic Jewish traditions and practices; belonging to or characteristic of such a church or community. Cf. Judaeo-Christian adj. 1.Used esp. with reference to the very early Christian church prior to its spread among Gentiles, or to groups in the early church who in various ways resisted the loss or dilution of its Jewish identity. Cf. Messianic adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1604 Doctr. of Bible f. 233v What is the Iewish Christian church compared vnto? 1662 D. Burston Εὐαγγελιστης ἐτι εὐαγγελιζομενος 203 This unexpected action astonisheth his [sc. St Peter's] Jewish Christian Fellow-travailers. 1831 H. J. Rose tr. A. Neander Hist. Christian Relig. & Church I. 346 These Gnostics most probably received it [sc. the festival of Christmas] from the Jewish-Christian Churches in Palestine or Syria. 1853 Biblical Repertory July 445 (note) This hostility and contest between Jewish-Christian Petrinism, and Heathen-Christian Paulinism,..is the sole real subject of the history of the apostolic age. 1925 H. T. Fowler Hist. & Lit. New Test. iii. 55 The history written by a Gentile Christian of the first century reckons the membership of the early Jewish Christian Church by the thousands. 1993 P. Perkins Gnosticism & New Test. i. i. 11 The founder of Manicheism had been brought up in a Jewish Christian baptismal sect. 2010 D. J. Harrington & J. F. Keenan Paul & Virtue Ethics xiii. 109 What frightened Paul was that the Galatian Christians might give up their freedom as Gentile Christians and simply accede to the persuasion of the other Jewish Christian missionaries. 2. Designating those religious, ethical, or cultural values or beliefs regarded as being common to both Judaism and Christianity; of, relating to, or holding these shared values or beliefs. Also more generally: relating to or characteristic of both Judaism and Christianity. Cf. Judaeo-Christian adj. 2. ΚΠ 1909 Biblical World 33 431 The author used three written sources, in conjunction with unwritten Jewish-Christian tradition. 1917 Truth-seeker 16 June 373/1 Why do men believe in the Jewish-Christian deity, since he or it is non-existent? 1995 Jrnl. Jewish Communal Service Fall–Winter 46/1 America's societal values, based on Jewish-Christian values, were well established before the major influx of Jewish immigration to these shores began. 2006 Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.) 26 Sept. 18/1 The ‘Jewish-Christian nations’ are special objects of ire throughout the literature that Al Haramain distributed to prisons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1572 |
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