Imagining a party to the events in Judah of the Second Temple Nyusner enter into conversation with Jesus of Nazareth, and commends him for a Jew to the highest degree of respect through honest dialogue about the Single Truth. Nyusner explains why the Sermon on the Mount could not convince him, according to the criteria of the Torah, to follow Jesus and to deviate from the teachings of Moses. The author reveals the foundation of faith as Christians in Jesus Christ and the kingdom of heaven, and loyalty to the Jews the Torah of Moses, with its teachings about the kingdom of priests and holy people on earth.
This revised and expanded edition with a foreword by Donald Harman Akensona demonstrates a thoughtful and open approach to the issue of extreme importance: why do Christians and Jews believe in what they believe.