From Jesus to the Church: The First Christian Generation by Craig A. Evans

Author:Craig A. Evans
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Biblical Studies, Religion, History & Culture, History
ISBN: 9780664239053
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2013-12-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Jerusalem Communities in Conflict

In a recent study, Eyal Regev traces the history of conflict between Jerusalem’s priestly aristocracy and the leaders of the Jesus movement.1 Regev observes that in most of the deadly or near-deadly encounters between the ruling priests and leaders of the Jesus movement, the sanctity and/or security of the temple is at issue. His insightful study very helpfully lays the groundwork on which the present chapter hopes to build further.2

In what follows we shall consider the stories relating to Jesus of Nazareth, the twelve apostles, Stephen the deacon-evangelist, James son of Zebedee, Peter, Paul, James the brother of Jesus, and Jesus son of Ananias. In most cases temple controversy is quite apparent. In other cases it is conjectured but probable. In the case of the last man mentioned, in which temple controversy is obvious, I will suggest that Jesus ben Ananias also belonged to the Jesus movement. I will also suggest that the principal priestly family at odds with the Jesus movement was the family of Annas.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.