(The
format of this study is to present the material through the mouths of guides,
instead of an article format.)
Guide #1: An
important critical juncture in history took place when the Romans crucified Yeshua (Jesus). Suddenly his movement
found itself without a leader and knew there were limits to Rome’s tolerance.
Guide #2: Yeshua’s
brother Jacob became the new leader. For some reason, many translators of English
New Testaments chose to call him “James,”
even though they translate the same Greek word “Jacob” when it refers to others. Jacob, along with Peter
and John, became the senior leaders
of the group.
Guide #1: The
center of the Yeshua Movement was
Jerusalem, specifically the Temple. The fact that its leaders, specifically
Peter and John, continued to be actively involved in daily Temple rituals
reveals that it was clearly a Jewish sect.
Read
the complete blog at -- http://fromonejesus.blogspot.com/2015/01/early-christianity-and-early-rabbinic.html
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