Judaism in the time of Jesus. The unifying principles -- Varieties of Jewish religious experience ; The Pharisees ; The Sadduces ; The Essenes ; The Essenes and the Qumran community ; Zealots and Sicarii -- The messianic idea in Israel -- Messianism and fale prophets -- Jesus of Nazareth : charismatic religious virtuoso -- Jesus the Pious Palestinian Jew ; Is Matthew untrustworthy where the law is concerned? ; James the brother of Jesus -- Jesus' distinctive religious virtuosity ; Jesus in the synagogues ; Jesus in the Gospel according to John -- Jesus and the Torah (the law) ; The Sabbath ; Dietary laws (kashrut) and hygiene ; The issue of divorce -- Who was the first evangelist? ; Additional questions about the Marcan priority thesis -- Jesus' originality and creative genius ; The Am Ha-aretz ; The beatitudes ; The Lord's prayer ; Jesus' parables -- The kingdom of heaven and the role of the Messiah ; Jesus and the 'son of man' ; The question of Bethelehem -- The road to Golgotha. Jesus the revolutionary? -- Jesus and the zealots ; The 'cleansing of the temple -- The arrest, trial and execution -- More on the Reimarus-Eisler_Brandon thesis ; 'Not this man, but Barabbas' -- The resurrection appearance -- The first christians -- Enter Saul (Paul) of Tarsus ; The apostolic council -- Paul's reinterpretation of Jesus' teaching -- A fence around the law.