Schismatics, Sectarians Dissidents, Deviants: The First One Hundred Years of Jewish-Christian Relations

by Jack T. Sanders

Sanders combines the study of the material remains discovered in the Mediterranean basin and the literature of sociology, anthropology, and political science in an effort to present a full and accurate account of the realtionships between Jews and Christians in the New Testament period.

Genres: Religion

404 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

Reviews

[[Name Redacted] · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would best be read in conjunction with Garrett's "The Demise of the Devil" because many of the theories which he begins this book by assuming or laying out, she dismantles handily.

All told, I found this book relatively unhelpful and excessively dogmatic in its approach to Jewish-Christian relations in the first few centuries. A lot of show but very little substance. I can't recommend it. Those considering reading it should instead turn to Shaye Cohen's far superior "From the Maccabees to the Mishnah".