Many consider the gospel of Matthew to be one of the most -Jewish- texts of the New Testament. Luke-Acts, on the other hand, has traditionally been viewed as a very -Greek- and Gentile-Christian text. Isaac W. Oliver challenges this dichotomy, reading Matthew and Luke-Acts not only against their Jewish -background- but as early Jewish literature. He explores the question of Torah praxis, especially its ritual aspects, in each writing. By assessing their attitude toward three central markers of Jewish identity - Sabbath, kashrut, and circumcision - Oliver argues that both Matthew and Luke...