Frederick C. Grant

Ancient Judaism and the New Testament

Publisher information:

Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1960, second edition

Description and condition:

Red cloth hardback, 5 1/2 by 8 3/4 inch (8vo), 194 pp., indexed.
No dustcover. Ex college library, stamped in a few places. Spotting to page edges and endpapers and name on front free endpaper. Overall a good or better copy.

Excerpt:

It is obvious that the Christian religion began as a messianic movement within first century Palestinian Judaism. It is probably a mistake to describe it as a 'sect', like the sects of the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes - for these were really parties within Judaism, not independent movements. But the Christians, or Nazarenes, as they were called, came nearer to being an independent group, from the very outset, than did any other group within first century Judaism; for them separation was only a matter of time...