ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the second century Ignatius, bishop of the church of Antioch,was travelling through Asia Minor (modern Turkey) to Rome, where his zeal to die for the sake of Christ was soon to be satisfied. Prior to his arrival in the Capitol, however, he composed several letters, seven of which survive (see Chapter 20), and one of which – his Epistle to the Magnesians – preserves a fascinating and surprisingly complex image of the relations that obtained at this time between Christians and Jews.
