February 9, 2007
Why Early Christians Stopped Observing Jewish Codes
James G. Crossley, a lecturer in New Testament studies at the University of Sheffield, in England
Jesus of Nazareth obeyed kosher dietary rules and otherwise followed traditional Jewish codes of conduct — but within 20 years after his death, the Christian movement had jettisoned many of those laws. In Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE) (Westminster John Knox Press), Mr. Crossley argues
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