The Reluctant Parting
Subtitle: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: November 8, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780060596361
First sentence: JUDAISM AS WE KNOW IT TODAY did not exist in Jesus' lifetime.
Description: An analysis of Christianity's departure from its Jewish roots considers the Judaism of the writers of the New Testament and the struggles faced by early Christians in abandoning tenets of their faith.