ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the impact of Christianization on the Jews of late antiquity in three ways. First, in the course of the period the Roman state’s practices, norms, and ideals gradually approximated Christian interests, with direct impact on the legal and political status of the Jews. This led to a partial revival of limited Jewish autonomy while the state eventually tried, simultaneously, to bar Jews from positions of power. Second, Christianization brought about the growing impact of religious ideology on the formation of social networks. This shift was a particular feature of the fifth century, confirming the tendency of imperial legislation to marginalize the Jews. Third, imperial culture also underwent a process of Christianization, a process Jews selectively ignored or mimicked.
