Did Jesus want to establish a separate church from Judaism? Who were Jesus "early followers? And why did clashes arise between two families - the family of Jesus, on the one hand, and the family of the high priest Anna and their aristocratic allies - on the other? What ultimately led to the formation of Christianity? In this study, Craig Evans considers how a stormy chain of events, from Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem and the subsequent crucifixion to the destruction of the temple, led to division between Jesus' followers and other Jews.