You are hereHomeBible ReviewJune 2000Why Did God Choose Abraham? See, for example, Tacitus’s complaint that gentile converts to Judaism are first taught to “despise all gods” (Historiae 5.5) and Dio Cassius’s account of Domitian’s prosecution of proselytism as “atheism” (Roman History 67.14.1–2). Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.