re did he really rise in article apr athos rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes the real problem was that christians were pacifist and preached there was only one god when the state operates by a system of divinitation of the emperor monotheism becomes a capital offense the jews were able to get exemption from this and were also not evangelistic i disagree with your claim that jews were not evangelistic except in the narrow sense of the word jewish proselytism was widespread there are numerous accounts of jewish proselytism both in the new testament and in roman and greek documents of the day jim eggertj atc ll mit edu jim eggert
