This volume of essays, from an internationally renowned group of scholars, challenges popular ways of understanding how Judaism and Christianity came to be separate religions in antiquity. Essays in the volume reject the belief that there was one parting at an early point in time and contest the argument that there was no parting until a very late date. Scholars re-examine texts authored by ancient worshipers of Israel's God, resulting in a complex account of multiple partings that occurred at different places and paces in myriad ways around the ancient Mediterranean in the first four centuries CE.
Jayne Ann Krentz uses several pseudonyms to differentiate between the different worlds her writing inhabits. Her newest release, The Night Island offers her compelling mix of suspense, sensuality, and a touch of the supernatural. Here we take a look at some of our favorite titles from each of her distinct worlds.