El desarrollo de la identidad cristiana y sus raíces judías a mediados del s. II: el testimonio de Justino (Parte II)

After presenting the theological characterization of ecclesiastical Christianity in relation to Judaism in the first part of this research (part I) (cf. Augustinianum 64/1, 11-32), in this second paper we aim to illustrate that his presentation is not only an instrument to influence Christianity and even Judaism in his time, but also basically agrees with the historical-sociological reality of Christians of the so called Magna Ecclesia and Jews (part II). Finally (part III) we intend to contextualize Justin’s severe statements about Jews and their teachers, which therefore cannot be interpreted as an unequivocal sign of his personal animosity towards Judaism.