audio Religions_of_the_Ancient_Mediterranean Beginning with James the brother of Jesus and the Jerusalem church, here I trace evidence for Judean followers of Jesus and discuss their gradual marginalization. In particular, I focus attention on Jewish-Christian groups that the patristic sources (e.g. Irenaeus, Epiphanius) label "the Ebionites", or "poor ones". This is part of series 3 ("Diversity in Early Christianity: 'Heresies' and Struggles") of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast. early Christianity; christian origins; judaism; ancient history; ebionites; james the just; new testament; bible; church fathers; irenaeus Philip A. Harland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ Podcast3.7JewishFollowersOfJesusPart1-Ebionites pharland@yorku.ca 2008-04-17 13:15:32 2008-04-17 13:21:23 audio_podcastaudio_religion