Editing Apologetics (section)

===Judaism===
{{See also|Jewish polemics and apologetics in the Middle Ages}}
Jewish apologetic literature can be traced back as far as [[Aristobulus of Paneas]], though some discern it in the works of [[Demetrius the chronographer]] (3rd century BCE) traces of the style of "questions" and "solutions" typical of the genre. Aristobulus was a Jewish philosopher of [[Alexandria]] and the author of an apologetic work addressed to [[Ptolemy VI Philometor]]. [[Josephus]]'s [[Contra Apion]] is a wide-ranging defense of [[Judaism]] against many charges laid against Judaism at that time, as too are some of the works of [[Philo of Alexandria]].<ref>John Granger Cook (2000) ''The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco-Roman paganism'' p.4., Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tuebingen, Germany</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1651-apologists|title=APOLOGISTS|encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia|year=1906}}</ref>

In response to modern Christian missionaries, and congregations that "are designed to appear Jewish, but are actually fundamentalist Christian churches, which use traditional Jewish symbols to lure the most vulnerable of our Jewish people into their ranks",<ref name=Schoon2006p125>Simon Schoon, "Noachides and Converts to Judaism", in [[Jan N. Bremmer]], [[Wout van Bekkum|Wout Jac. van Bekkum]], Arie L. Molendijk. ''Cultures of Conversions'', Peeters Publishers, 2006, {{ISBN|978-90-429-1753-8}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7-W-wOgKI9cC&pg=PA125 p. 125].</ref> [[Jews for Judaism]] is the largest counter-missionary organization in existence, today. [[Kiruv Organization (Mizrachi)]], founded by Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, and Outreach Judaism, founded by Rabbi [[Tovia Singer]], are other prominent international organizations that respond "directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity."<ref>[http://www.outreachjudaism.org/about_us.html About Us], Outreach Judaism website. Accessed January 9, 2011.</ref><ref>[[J. Gordon Melton]], "The Modern Anti-Cult Movement in Historical Perspective", in Jeffrey Kaplan, Heléne Lööw. ''The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization'', [[Rowman Altamira]], 2002, {{ISBN|978-0-7591-0204-0}}, p. 285, note 4.</ref>