Introduction -- Fallacies in scholarly consensus -- Jesus, the Jews and the worship of God -- Jesus, the Sabbath and circumcision -- Jesus, the Jews and Moses -- Believing Jews, Abraham and the devil -- Synthesis: the Johannine Christians, the Jews and Jewishness
Summary
The book suggests that John's portrayal of the Jews is not a response to Jewish persecution of early Christians. It proposes instead that the exclusive faith in Jesus led the Johannine Christians to abandon some basic markers of Jewish identity
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and indexes