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In 2008, The New York Times reported on the discovery of a Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Christ, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Famed religious scholar Daniel Boyarin stated that 'some Christians will find it shocking - a challenge to the uniqueness of their theology.' In Jewish Gospels, Boyarin makes a radical argument that conventional wisdom on the origins of Christianity is wrong.

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<br>Boyarin proposes that by constructing the categories of religious orthodoxy and heresy, second-century Gentile Christians created the concept of religion which pervades the Western world to this day . . . intensely provocative and innovative.<br>-- Shofar <br>

If Boyarin is right, the consequences go beyond making a few adjustments to our understanding of the past. As the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Miles writes in his foreword to The Jewish Gospels, Jews and Christians will have to radically rethink their identities and relationship to each other. <br>-- Moment <br><br> Boyarin proposes that by constructing the categories of religious orthodoxy and heresy, second-century Gentile Christians created the concept of religion which pervades the Western world to this day . . . intensely provocative and innovative. <br>-- Shofar <br>

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"Daniel Boyarin, Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. His books include ""A Radical Jew,"" ""Border Lines,"" and ""Socrates and the Fat Rabbis."" He lives in Berkeley, California."

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