Before Constantine Judaism was well established, Christianity was the small sect
After Constantine Christianity became well established, Judaism was the small minority
Documents written in one context mean something different when read in another context (if we forget the original context)
Context: Matthew believed Jesus fulfilled the scriptures, the experts in scripture disagreed.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. (23:27)
Context: The temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman army in 70 CE.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling! Behold, your house will be abandoned, desolate. (23:37-38)
And the whole people said in reply, “His blood be upon us and upon our children.” (27:25)
For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. (5:18)
You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. (8:44)
The belief that Judaism is obsolete once replaced by Christianity
The dominant view for most of Christian history until the 1960s
Critique
Why did Jesus die?
Who killed Jesus?
Who says “Crucify him! Crucify him!” on Palm Sunday?
So whenever the thing arises for which the model was made, then that which carried the image of that future thing is destroyed as no longer of use, since it has transmitted its resemblance to that which is by nature true. Therefore, that which once was valuable, is now without value because that which is truly valuable has appeared. (Textbook p. 109)