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Eric Hamell
, December 12, 2014
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I read only part of this book, since it was in function of responding to someone's challenge that I read the Gospel, and I had a lot of other things on my mental to-read list. So I have only read the chapters concerned with the Jewish Apocrypha, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It was very helpful in putting the Gospels in their historical context; I know a good deal more about the period than I did before. I also had my attention drawn to particular patterns and discrepancies I might not have noticed otherwise, which helped deepen my understanding of Christianity's evolution from a Jewish sect to a Gentile religion. I recommend it to anyone planning to read the Jewish or Christian Bible.
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