"Utterly fresh and innovative.
Matthew Thiessen corrects this popular misconcept.
Thiessen summons his reader to nothing less than a radical reimagining of Christian origins."-- Paula Fredriksen , Review of Biblical Literature Although most people acknowledge that Jesus was a First-Century Jew, interpreters of the Gospels often present him as opposed to Jewish law and customs--especially when considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure. . . . "Utterly fresh and innovative