From a Messianic Jewish Perspective -- the abridged version -- Yeshua (Jesus) was a Jew living in a Jewish land among the Jewish people. Yet, much of the knowledge of this Jewish society, its culture and traditions has grown dim with the passage of time, In this work, Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum shines a bright light on the life of Yeshua and the land of Israel during the Second Temple period, interpreting the Gospels from a Messianic Jewish perspectaive. To achieve this, Dr. Fruchenbaum has done original research in the Hebrew, Aramic, and Greek source texts, and has also drawn on the works of other scholars and the writings of the ancient rabbis . . . The abridgment contains essentailly the same material as the multi-volume set, but excludes the source texts for Dr. Fruchtenbaum's teaching