Rabbinic Judaism - The Essential Matrix of Christianity and the New Testament

Judaism is the essential matrix that christianity and the new testament grow out of. Because of this understanding judaism can help us better comprehend the background and activities in the new testament it's represented. It represented a complex series of interrelated, ethnic, religious, ritual and political ideals which were expressed in various ways. These express expression s were so varied that some scholars have preferred to talk about judaism rather than judaism.