Early in New Testament history, recorded in the book of Acts, there was sharp disagreement between Jewish Christians and gentile Christians as to whether gentile males should be circumcised. Certain ...

Neither Christians nor Jews can find a basis for anti-Semitism in the Gospels Many people assume that the New Testament, if not actually anti-Semitic, at least provides a basis or starting point for ...

How the New Testament offers a better, higher calling than the Declaration of Independence. An Anglican man rang me out of the blue the other day to ask if the New Testament teaches “equality.” “Not ...

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (R) Vs. Jew for Yoshka Michael Brown Chosen People Ministries, an evangelical organization that openly proselytizes to Jews, will sponsor a debate between Jew for Yoshka Michael ...

Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle, by Paula Fredriksen. Paula Fredriksen argues that the historical Paul is best understood when seen with the sacred traditions of Israel and the world of the ancient ...

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L. William Countryman earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago and is Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. He is the author of Dirt ...

Many Jews and Christians trace 2,000 years of anti-Jewish persecution directly back to certain pronouncements of Jesus. In Matthew 23:37, for example, Jesus exclaims, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing ...