Böcker av Bruce D. Chilton

Seeks to identify the recurrent tensions, the blatant points of emphasis, the recurring indications of conflict and polemic. Framing the issue of the disposition of the Scriptural heritage in broad terms, this book says that the answer is self-evident.

An accompaniment to "Trading Places", this sourcebook contains critical passages from primary sources within each tradition, along with insightful commentaries by Professors Chilton and Neusner. Designed for classroom use.

Numerous scholars have argued that the histories of early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism run parallel. In this book, the authors suggest precisely the opposite. By demonstrating that these two great traditions intersected and ultimately traded places during the first four centuries of the Common Era. The authors argue that Judaism and Christianity exchanged positions on other communal and institutional levels as well. Designed for classroom use.