A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith (Biblia.com)

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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”...

is I!” At the same time, the soldiers’ response to Jesus’ words indicates that they also involved a manifestation of his deity (a theophany; cf., e.g., Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Judg 13:20; Ezek 1:28). (2) Highly probable: a. 6:20: “But he said to them, ‘It is I; don’t be afraid’ ” (cf. Matt 14:27; Mark 6:50). Again, on one level this is a mere self-reference. But, as the preceding verse tells us, Jesus was walking on the water when he made this statement, exercising God’s power over the elements (cf.

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