The New Testament is a Jewish book-by Jews, mostly about Jews, and for Jews as well as Gentiles. Its central figure, the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), was and is a Jew. Vicarious atonement, salvation. immersion (baptism), the new coventmant and the very concept of a Messiah are all Jewish. In sum, the New Testament is built upon and completes trhe Hebrew Scripture.
