Jewish-Christian Interpretation of the Pentateuch

<p>The pseudo-Clementine writings are one of the most intriguing and valuable sources for early Jewish Christianity. They offer a second- or third-century polemic against the form of Christianity that eventually won out the Gentile-majority law-free Christianity that took Paul as its champion. Carlson's interest here is in the highly unusual theory expressed in the <b>Homilies</b> that the Pentateuch is saturated with false pericopes and that the teaching of Jesus the true prophet is the criterion for establishing what the Pentateuch really means.</p>