How Jesus Became Christian

Name: How Jesus Became Christian
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ISBN: 9780312361891

ISBN-10: 0312361890

ISBN-13: 9780312361891

Edition: 2009

Authors: Barrie Wilson

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InHow Jesus Became Christian, Barrie Wilson Ph.D. confronts one of the simplest?yet undiscovered?questions of religious history: How did a young, well-respected rabbi become the head of a cult that bore his name, espoused a philosophy he wouldn't wholly understand, and possessed a clear streak of anti-Semitism that has sparked hatred against the generations of Jews who followed him? Vividly recreating the Hellenistic world into which Jesus was born, Wilson looks at the rivalry of the "Jesus movement", informed by Matthew and adhering to Torah worship, and the "Christ movement," headed by Paul which shunned Torah. Suggesting that Paul's movement was not rooted in the teachings of historical…

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List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.53" wide x 8.49" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.012



Acknowledgments


Prologue: A Personal Note



The Cover-Up



Cultures in Conflict



Being Jewish in a Cosmopolitan World



The Secrets of History



The Challenge of Jesus



The Promises of Jesus



Jesus's Earliest Followers: The Jesus Movement



What Happened to Jesus?



The Trouble with Paul



The Big Switch: Christ for Jesus



The Jesus Movement Fades Away



Paul The Radical



Demonizing Jewish Leadership and The Jewish People



Confiscating Judaism's Heritage



Attacking the Jewish Concept of God



Anti-Semitism



The Cover-Up Revealed


Epilogue: The Way Forward


Timelines


Terminology


Notes


Bibliography


Index