Description A compelling account of Christianity\'s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world\'s leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God\'s promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? Committed to Jesus\'s prophecy--"The Kingdom of God is at hand "--they were, in their own eyes, history\'s la.
Description A compelling account of Christianity\'s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world\'s leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God\'s promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? Committed to Jesus\'s prophecy--"The Kingdom of God is at hand "--they were, in their own eyes, history\'s la
