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2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Wilson, Barrie A.
Title:	How Jesus became Christian / Barrie A. Wilson.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Description:	xv, 317 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:	Examines the rivalry between two points of view--one informed by the teachings of Matthew, the other by the vision of Paul--and its relation to differences between Christianity and Judaism, the origins of Christianity, and the transformation of a rabbi into the Christian god.
Subjects:	Paul, the Apostle, Saint. Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines. Jesus Christ -- Jewishness.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-306) and index.
Contents:	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.
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LCCN:	2007044941
ISBN:	9780312362782 0312362781 9780312361891 0312361890 9780679314936 0679314938 9780312362782 0312362781
Other Number:	166378236
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Control Number:	210862
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Call Number:	270.1 Wilson

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