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Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A Parallel History of Their Origins and Early Development

by Hershel Shanks (Editor)

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This newly revised parallel history of Judaism and Christianity presents the first six centuries in the development of both religions in one understandable volume. This unprecedented book takes readers from the middle of the first century when a distinction between Judaism and Christianity first became apparent to the Arab conquest. More than 65 images enhance the text, many illustrating the most dramatic and important finds discovered in the Holy Land and elsewhere in recent decades. It also includes, for the first time, informative maps detailing the many sites and regions where the shared histories of these two world religions unfolded.… (more)
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NO OF PAGES: 380 SUB CAT I: First Century Judaism SUB CAT II: Archaeology SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Eight eminent Christian and Jewish scholars have collaborated to produce an account of the origin and formation of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism during the first 600 years of their parallel development.NOTES: SUBTITLE: A Parallel History of Their Origins and Early Development
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This newly revised parallel history of Judaism and Christianity presents the first six centuries in the development of both religions in one understandable volume. This unprecedented book takes readers from the middle of the first century when a distinction between Judaism and Christianity first became apparent to the Arab conquest. More than 65 images enhance the text, many illustrating the most dramatic and important finds discovered in the Holy Land and elsewhere in recent decades. It also includes, for the first time, informative maps detailing the many sites and regions where the shared histories of these two world religions unfolded.

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