Introduction Despite the multitude of volumes written about the history of Christianity over the past two millennia, there has long existed a sizable void concerning the Judaic nature of Jesus. This is due, in large part, to the changes each successive culture, from the first century on, has made to the his image to meet their needs. The practice of altering the image of Jesus has been so prevalent that one scholar lamented, “We are casting God in our own image.”1 Since the end of the first century
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