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Sep 2020
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Episode 140: Paula Fredriksen - When Chr...

PETER ENNS AND JARED BYAS
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What separated Judaism from the Christian movement during the Second Temple Period? In this episode, Paula Fredriksen breaks down the beginnings of the Jesus movement and how it came to flourish. She gets into what religion looked like in the broader culture, how religion was defined, and what clues people left behind for us to know these things. 

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