Christian beginnings

Noël Staples reflects on a history of early Christianity

by Noël Staples 14th July 2017

Geza Vermes, who died aged eighty-eight in 2013, was probably the greatest Jesus scholar of his time. The last book published in his lifetime, Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicea, AD 30-325, summarises his view of the historical Jesus the Jew, preaching to Jews, not gentiles as scholars such as E P Sanders would claim.