The chapters that follow are devoted to a study of the evidence for 'the rule of faith' in the second century

It also provides a much-needed corrective to many centuries of Christian misunderstandings of the Jewish religion

This study seeks to allow Matthew's carefully constructed presentation of Jesus to be given full weight in the modern evaluation of Jesus' eschatology

He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Wales Lampeter and is regularly a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame and other North American universities

Boyarin argues

Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory Pedagog The chapters that follow are