EERDMANS (WM. B.) PUBLISH

The age of Constantine marked the faith-changing advent of Christendom. It altered how we understood Christianity's relation to the state, how doctrines and creeds were determined, how the church's evangelistic witness was carried out - and even the shape of the church's Bible.

Seeks a broader understanding of the life and teachings of Jesus. What was it within his message that burst his first-century Jewish context? What did Jesus maintain? In pursuing these questions, the author swims against the current of scholarship, arguing that Jesus was more "Christian" than "Jewish".