Description: Segal offers new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social, cultural, and ideological context--and the same minority status--in the first century CE. The separation between them fractured what remained of the shared symbolic life of Judea.
Brief description: Alan F. Segal was Professor Emeritus of Religion and Ingeborg Rennert Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Review Quotes: Segal's work reveals a broad command of the sources and the multidisciplinary outlook requisite for modern reconstructions. He has raised issues that will excite discussion and respectfully challenge many a traditional approach.-- "American Historical Review"