The fall of Jerusalem and the Christian church: a study of the effects of the Jewish overthrow of A. D. 70 on Christianity

PREFACE  ...iX 
SYNOPSIS  OF  CHAPTERS ...xiii 
ABBREVIATIONS ...XX 
CHAPTER  ONE 
INTRODUCTORY: THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS  ...1
APPENDIX. A  selection of  the opinions of some modern scholars 
on  the  effect  of  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem on 
Christianity  ...12 
CHAPTER  TWO 
THE PRIMITIVE  CHURCH:  ITS  TERRITORIAL  EXTENT  AND  INTERNAL 
CONSTITUTION ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE (a) OF THE 
WRITINGS  OF  PAUL  AND  (b)  OF  THE  AcTS  OF  THE  APOSTLES  ...15 
CHAPTER  THREE 
THE  CHURCH  IN  pALESTINE  ACCORDING  TO THE  EVIDENCE  OF THE 
SYNoPTIC  GosPELs  AND  OTHER  PALESTINIAN  SouRcEs  ...31 
CHAPTER  FOUR 
THE  PAULINE  INTERPRETATION  OF  CHRISTIANITY  ...54 
CHAPTER  FIVE 
CHRISTIANITY  ACCORDING  TO  THE  CHURCH  OF  jERUSALEM  ...74 
CHAPTER  SIX 
THE jEWISH  CHRISTIANS  AND  THEIR  NATION'S  CAUSE AGAINST ROME  ...88 
APPENDIX  I.  On  the  alleged  references  to  the revolutionary 
activity of  the primitive Jewish Christians in the Hebrew Josippon ... 121 
APPENDIX  II. Relevant  extracts  from  the  Slavonic Josephus  ... 122 
APPENDIX  III The  presumed  edict of Claudius  against  the violation of tombs in Palestine ... 123 
APPENDIX  IV  Sulpicius  Severus on the destruction of the Temple  123 
APPENDIX  V  The Johannine evidence of a politica1 element in Christian Origins  ... 124 
CHAPTER  SEVEN 
THE CRISIS OF A.D.55 TO 66   ... 126 
CHAPTER  EIGHT 
THE jEWISH WAR AGAINST RoME, A.D. 66 TO 70 ...154
CHAPTER  NINE 
THE FATE OF THE PALESTINIAN CHURCH  ...167 
CHAPTER  TEN 
THE MARKAN REACTION TO A.D. 70  ... 185
CHAPTER  ELEVEN 
THE LUKAN LITERATURE AND THE REHABILITATION OF PAUL ... 206 
CHAPTER  TWELVE 
THE  GosPEL OF MATTHEW  AND THE ORIGINS oF ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANITY  ...217 
APPENDIX. The bearing  of  the  evidence  of  textual  variants 
on the problem of the origin of the Matthean Gospel   ... 244 
EPILOGUE    ... 249 
BIBLIOGRAPHY  I.  (Ancient Literary Sources)  ... 252 
BmuoGRAPHY  II.  (Modern Works)  ...  253 
ADDENDUM.  Concerning  the works of Dr.Robert Eisler ... 261 
APPENDIX.  Jewish  Christianity according  to  Professor H.J.Schoeps  ...262 
INDEX oF MoDERN AuTHORS  ... 265 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS  ... 269 
INDEX OF ANCIENT SouRcEs  ... 275 
FRONTISPIECE. THE SPOILS OF THE TEMPLE: A BAS-RELIEF ON THE ARcH oF TITus IN RoME.