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Jewish Christianity: Why Believing Jews and Gentiles Parted Ways in the Early Church
Jewish Christianity Why Believing Jews and Gentiles Parted Ways in the Early Church Author:Walter Kaiser During the early years of Christianity there were believing Jews and believing Gentiles who were followers of Yeshua (i.e. Jesus ) the Messiah. Luke s Acts of the Apostles records some of this history but by the second century of the Common Era (c.e./a.d.),the growth of Jewish Christianity declined in the aftermath of the Bar Kochba Revolt of 13... more »2-136. This decline, coupled with rising antisemitism, set the stage for centuries of hate and the growth of replacement theology or supersessionism that misrepresented Jews, Christians, and the Church. Drawing upon a lifetime of scholarship and study of the biblical text, Dr. Kaiser demonstrates the importance of keeping your finger on the text so that our post-Holocaust theologies will reflect what Scripture promised Israel.« less