Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and indexes.

Antioch : the city and its people -- Ignatius -- The city of Antioch -- The founding of Seleucid Antioch -- The booms and busts of Antioch -- Roman Antioch -- The population and cultural mix of Antioch -- The religious milieu of Antioch -- The Jews of Antioch -- The status of Jews in Greek cities -- Jewish religious scruples -- Politeuma -- The status of Jews in Antioch -- Population shifts and immigrants in Antioch -- General considerations -- Jewish immigration -- Non-Jewish immigration -- Christian conversion in Antioch -- Jews, nouveauJews, and near Jews -- Proselytes (nouveau Jews) -- The "God-fearers" (near Jews) -- Antioch, anxiety, and religious conversion -- Competition for converts -- Christians in Antioch -- Was theChristian church a Jewish synagogue? -- Were there separate Christian assemblies in Antioch? -- House-church units -- Use of the term "Cristian" -- Ignatius in antioch -- Ignatius's church and the matthean community -- Ignatius as bishop -- Ignatius establish the office of Bishop in Antioch? -- Ignatius and the Jews of Antioch -- Glimpses of Ignatius's church life -- The centuries after Ignatius -- Ignatius lose control of the church in Antioch -- Ignatius's opponents -- The problem -- Different heresies in different cities -- Anti-docetic comments to judaizing churches -- Ignatius's theological sensitivities -- Different attitudes to the Jewish scriptures -- Uncircumcised judaizers -- So many Christianities, so few opponents -- Another approach to Ignatius's opponents -- Religious and ethnic tensions in Antioch -- Ignatius and the climate of suspicion -- Jewish-gentile tensions in Antioch -- Maccabean influences -- The Roman Civil War -- The incident of Caesar's statue -- Riots in Alexandria and edicts in Antioch -- Accusations of a plot to burn Antioch -- The request to expel the Jews -- An atmosphere of distrust -- Internal Jewish tensions in antioch -- Jewish-Christian relations in Antioch -- Evidence of tension and separation -- Judaism's awareness of Christianity -- The Jerusalem Council and innovations in Antioch -- Muting the tension between Jews and Christians -- Christian reflection on persecution and martyrdom -- Ignatius's reflection on martyrdom -- The Jewish roots of martyrdom -- The religious test -- The Christian evidence -- Judaism and Ignatius's dilemma -- The "peace" in Antioch -- The traditional view -- Harrison's study of Ignatius's vocabulary -- Swartley's study of Ignatius's vocabulary -- The cause of unworthiness -- Unanswered questions -- The appointment of a new bishop -- Schism and the bishop's accountability -- The schismatics' response to Ignatius in Antioch -- The schismatics' response to Ignatius in Asia Minor -- Ignatius's response to schismatics in Asia Minor -- The Roman involvement -- Was Ignatius the sole martyr? -- Ignatius's stance in Asia Minor -- The response to good news from Antioch -- Ignatius's requests to the churches of Asia Minor -- Ignatius's main concerns -- A problem for the persecution thesis -- Directions for future investigation -- Boundaries, identity, and labels -- The Ignatian boundary terms -- Identifying Judaism and Christianity -- Perspective 1: siblings -- Perspective 2: subspecies -- Perspective 3: Christianities and Judaisms -- Perspective 4: fluid boundaries and flexible membership -- Perspective 5: narrowing the labels -- Perspective 6: elite labels -- Perceptions : the essence of boundaries -- The parting of the ways -- Christianity : a special case -- The burden of historical scholarship.