Did you know that Christianity broke off from Judaism to stop the Romans from persecuting them? In this interview, Prof. Rebecca Denova delves into Christianity as a syncretic religion, God in the Old and New Testament, and the adoption of dominant Greco-Roman ideas of gender and women’s roles.
Professor Rebecca Denova is a full-time Senior Lecturer of Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to ancient Christianity, she teaches courses on the religions of ancient Greece and Rome and the religions of ancient Egypt.
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