Renowned biblical scholar Richard Bauckham believes that the New
Testament texts cannot be adequately understood without careful
attention to their Judaic and Second Temple roots. This book contains
twenty-four studies that shed essential light on the religious and
biblical-interpretive matrix from which early Christianity emerged.
Bauckham discusses the "parting of the ways" between early Judaism and
early Christianity and the relevance of early Jewish literature for the
study of the New Testament. He also explores specific aspects or texts
of early Christianity by relating them to their early Jewish context.
Originally published by Mohr Siebeck, this book is now available as an
affordable North American paperback edition.