Judaism through the Eyes of Jesus: A View of Ancient Jewish Sects from the New Testament Era (Biblia.com)

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The Jewish world Jesus lived in was diverse and nuanced. Attempting to debunk common views of first-century Jews as being only a pharisaical people who rejected the messiah, Randy Weiss explores the diversity in Jewish culture and how it impacted Jesus and his followers. Weiss introduces the cultures and practices of ancient Israel, describing the environment Jesus inhabited during his time on...

In ancient Rome, Christians were officially classified as a Jewish sect among other Jews. This is well proven by the fact that in 49 CE Rome expelled the Christians along with all the other Jewish residents. There was no official distinction. In other words, when Claudius ran the Jews out of town in the middle of the first century, the edict included all the Jews of Rome. Both Christian Jews and non-Christian Jews were expelled from Rome without additional discrimination. The Christianity of Rome

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