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Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE)

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I felt obliged to write a review since the other review is so completely inaccurate and biased in itself.

This book is so full of academe and research that it is in danger of being dry! The book makes some very interesting comments on the bias of Biblical scholarship, which has plagued the discipline for some considerable time.

It is a thorough look at the socio-economic context in which Christianity was born, showing the climate of Galilee that helped define the political stage, and the way in which fledgling cults and religions grow, and in what social climate.

Good and thorough, though perhaps top heavy on the nature of Jewish law and how Christianity neede to move away from this to have universal appeal.

I was so excited to recieve this book; however, I quickly discovered that in my opinion, it is not scholarly. I also quickly stopped reading the book! If you enjoy biased nonsense, buy it!