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Title: A Muslim reader's perspecive
Review: This book is useful for getting introduction to the subject as for me. But I am not convinced about the "original theory" put forward by David Klinghoffer that Jewish rejection of Jesus allowed Christianity to separate from Judaism and become a multi-ethnic religion and that Christianity was thus able to achieve a dominance in gentile Europe that would have been impossible for Judaism to attain. Given the interest of St.Paul in the gentiles, Paul himself being of Roman origin as the author claims, there was nothing to stop him from his missionary activities among the gentiles no matter if the Jews accepted Jesus or not. More over the author himself admit St.Paul's methods were finally condoned by Peter and James, the Church leaders of Jesus, themselves later. So the Jewish rejection here doesnt play any historical role as the author purports. (Anyway if such an idea makes the lives of Jews any better among Christians I dont mind it.)
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