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Oh, and I did not grow up with Christianity. I came to it well into adulthood and asked a heck of a lot of questions in the process. Having been raised in a Jewish synagogue, I grokked more of the cultural background of Jesus than the average churchgoer does. Also, Alfred Edersheim's The Life And Times of Jesus the Messiah is a classic late 19th century work on the Jewish background of the Christian church. By a Jewish man who also came to Christianity as an adult, and having ready access to Jewish traditional works in their original language, it has no problem with Good Friday being Good Friday, not Good Wednesday.

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Also, Alfred Edersheim's The Life And Times of Jesus the Messiah is a classic late 19th century work on the Jewish background of the Christian church.

Sounds interesting, and I will take a look at it. Thanks for mentioning it.