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A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith is unavailable, but you can change that!

This handbook serves as an introduction to the Jewish roots of the Christian Faith. It includes Old Testament background, Second Temple Judaism, the life of Jesus, the New Testament, the early Jewish followers of Jesus, the historical interaction between Judaism and Christianity, and the contemporary period. It is no longer a novelty to say that Jesus was a Jew. In fact, the term “Jewish roots”...

God is unconditionally committed to fulfill all his promises and purposes to Abraham with respect to the seed and the land (Rom 11:28–29). The purpose for the Abrahamic covenant can only be appreciated within the context of the plot of the Primeval History (Gen 1–11). According to Gen 1:28, blessing, seed, and land are integral parts of God’s plan for creation. The first chapter of the Torah describes the protological blessing of God (Gen 1:22, 28; 2:3) and the
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