Edited by Hershel Shanks
"An ideal textbook...a remarkable achievement in its field." Expository Times
This parallel history of Judaism and Christianity presents both separate and integral accounts of the first six centuries in the development of both religions in one understandable volume. This book begins where its companion volume Ancient Israel ends.
Chapters and Authors: Palestinian and Diaspora Judaism in the First Century Louis H. Feldman The Life of Jesus E.P. Sanders After the Crucifixion--Christianity through Paul Howard C. Kee Judaism from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the End of the Second Jewish Revolt: 70-135 C.E. Lee I.A. Levine Christianity from the Destruction of Jerusalem to Constantine's Adoption of the New Religion: 70-312 C.E. Harold W. Attridge Judaism to the Mishnah: 135-220 C.E. Shaye J.D. Cohen The World of the Talmud: From the Mishnah to the Arab Conquest Isaiah M. Gafni The Religion of the Empire: Christianity from Constantine to the Arab Conquest Dennis E. Groh Christians and Jews in the First Six Centuries James H. Charlesworth
380 pages, 50 illustrations, 11 color plates, Softcover. ISBN 978-1-880317-08-2
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