From Cyrus to Augustus -- The Herodian Succession -- Judaea under Roman governors -- The philosophical schools -- The high priests -- Hasidim, Pharisees and Sadducees -- The Essenes -- The zealots -- The Qumran community -- The Messianic hope -- Judaism at the beginning of the Christian era -- John the Baptist -- Jesus and the kingdom of God -- Jesus and the kingdoms of the world -- Trial and execution of Jesus -- The primitive Jerusalem church -- Stephen, Philip, and the Hellenists -- Paul: The early years -- Crisis under Gaius -- Herod Agrippa, King of the Jews -- Early gentile Christianity -- The Jerusalem Decree -- Claudius and Christianity -- Macedonia and Achaia -- End of the Aegean mission -- Judaea: The later procurators -- Paul: The last phase -- End of church and temple in Jerusalem -- Christianity in Rome -- Christianity at the end of the New Testament period.
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