The Judaisms of Jesus’ Followers · an Introduction to Early Christianity in Its Jewish Context by Bejarano-Gutierrez, Juan Marcos -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Complexity of the Early Jesus Movement Supercessionism

Pauline Theology and Jesus Oriented Judaism Jewish Identity as Problematic for Christianity

The Second Temple Era

Jews Who Supported Jesus’ Messianic Claims The Second Commonwealth Heightened Expectations

Judaisms in the Second Temple Era

The Rise of Zadokite Judaism The Zadokite Worldview The Samaritans The Rise of Enochic Judaism The Rise of Prophetic Movements The Rise of the Pharisees The identity of the Pharisees The Essenes and Qumran The Zealots and the Sicarii The Sadducees

The Jewish Supporters of Jesus

The Kingdom of God An Early Jesus Oriented Jewish Community The Holy Spirit and the Messianic Age Immersion within Second Temple Judaism Coming Judgment and God’s Kingdom Ritual Purification and the Temple The Social Organization of Early Christianity The Rise of Hellenistic Jesus oriented Judaism Stephen’s Debate

James the Brother of Jesus

James the Just: His Leadership James the Just executed by Annas Paul and James Paul returns to Jerusalem during Shavuot Paul’s Return to Jerusalem

The Destruction of the Temple

The Political Situation The Destruction of Jerusalem The Flight to Pella Simeon Son of Cleopas Succeeds James The Survivors of the Royal Family Leadership among Jews who Supported Jesus Survival after the Destruction of the Temple Rejection in the Synagogue The Books of the Minim The Books of the Be Abidan and Be Nitzraphi Jews who supported Jesus in Synagogues The Doctrine of the Two Powers The Unity of God: God Has No Son Rabbi Abahu, Rabbi Saphra, and the Minim

The Bar Cochba Rebellion The Gentiles

Jewish Self-Definition Proper Boundaries in Philo’s Alexandria Intermarriage in the Greco-Roman Period Conversion in the Greco-Roman Period Jewish and Non-Jewish Social Interaction Gentiles and Jesus oriented Judaism Jesus Oriented Judaisms The Apostolic Decree Pagan Vices and the Apostolic Decree

The Church Fathers and Jesus Oriented Judaism

Justin Martyr and Jewish Followers of Jesus Origen and Jewish Followers of Jesus The Ebionites according to Epiphanius of Salamis The Nazarenes according to Epiphanius of Salamis The Nazarenes according to Jerome The Nazarenes according to St. Augustine

The Demise of the Judaisms of Jesus’ Followers

The Karaites and the Jews who supported Jesus The Last Trace of Jesus oriented Judaism

Bibliography Index