▁Department ▁of ▁Relig ious ▁Studies , ▁of ▁Pitts burgh ▁University . ▁ ▁Later ▁career ▁Fred ri ks en ▁is ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁Jesus . ▁She ▁sides ▁with ▁those ▁who ▁port ray ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁ap oc aly ptic ▁pre acher ▁in ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁proph ets ▁before ▁him ▁and ▁apost les ▁after ▁him . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁historical ▁Jesus , ▁Fred ri ks en ▁is ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁history ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁from ▁its ▁beg inn ings ▁to ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire . ▁She ▁has ▁published ▁two ▁books ▁on ▁St . ▁August ine , ▁both ▁focused ▁on ▁his ▁att itudes ▁towards ▁Jews ▁and ▁J uda ism . ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁other ▁histor ians ▁of ▁Christian ▁anti - S emit ism , ▁she ▁regards ▁August ine ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁more ▁en light ened , ▁indeed ▁revolution ary , ▁attitude ▁towards ▁Jews ▁and ▁J uda ism ▁than ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁other ▁Christian ▁contempor aries . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁her ▁book ▁From ▁Jesus ▁to ▁Christ : ▁The ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁Im ages ▁of ▁Jesus ▁was ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁scholar ▁E . P . ▁Sand ers . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Ge za ▁Verm es , ▁she ▁is ▁often ▁regarded ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁sch ol ars ▁interested ▁in ▁replacing ▁Jesus ▁within ▁a ▁Jewish ▁context . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁held ▁that ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁scholar ship ▁regarding ▁Jesus ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries