He provides, therefore, a crucial step in understanding how Judaism came to be the vibrant, pluralistic ethno-religious culture that it is today. I read this book as a Christian and therefore a member ...

Human beings tend to imagine themselves as appearing in the midst of a greater history that is already in progress. In order ...

SELF DEFINITION FOR JEWS IN THE SECOND CENTURY The second century of our era was an age of definition not just for Christianity but also for Judaism. In Christianity, of course, the second century ...

His mother's Italian ancestry can be traced back to the Marranos of Portugal—Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity ...