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For more than three decades, Professor David Flusser of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has pioneered new understandings of the Jewish background of early Christianity. Most of his scholarly articles in English, including some new contributions as well as many published in not easily accessible journals, have been collected in this one volume. A must for New Testament scholars and students of...

The present book is destined to eliminate innate prejudices and to foster a better understanding of the ancient sources of two world religions—Judaism and Christianity. However it is only indirectly linked with the so called Christian-Jewish dialogue. The volume is a result of scholarly research. Scholarship and ecumenism (or disputations) were never identical. Nevertheless, like Erasmus I also believe that sound scholarship removes obstacles and paves the way for truth and for mutual understanding.
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