Jews & Christians.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)

From: Commonweal | Date: April 6, 2007| Author: Sommers, William | Copyright information

Ernest Rubinstein's careful review of Jeremy Cohen's Christ Killers ("Stories Have Consequences," March 9) is on the mark. But the review also invites consideration of other views.

Joseph Tyson's new book Marcion and Luke-Acts gives a detailed, scholarly look at Luke-Acts and the probability that the author(s) used their new text to offset the Marcion heresy. Marcion rejected the Hebraic scriptural connection to Christianity. The revised Luke Gospel and the new Acts show...