Judaism and Origins of Christianity

[Angrboda]

I don't know about specific works, but I think there is plenty of evidence that Jesus fit within a well established Judaic tradition of apocalyptic preachers. There's a lot of evidence from the Jewish literature itself, things like the Hasmonean Empire, Maccabees and the Book of David all point to a mindset of apocalypticism which was thick in the air centuries before the rabbi known as Yeshua. One might even interpret the Jewish revolt of 66 A.D. in this context. Some people, like former bishop Shelby Spong, also suggest that the form of the gospels suggests a liturgical narrative which was constructed to align with Jewish holidays. And then there's Jesus' own words about the coming kingdom. (I imagine more evidence might be drawn from the dead sea scrolls (and other things related to the community at Qumran) and the texts from Nag Hammadi.)