When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

by Paula Fredriksen

Book Overview

A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion

How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? Committed to Jesus's prophecy--"The Kingdom of God is at hand "--they were, in their own eyes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300248407
• ISBN13: 9780300248401
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"