2010-03-112010-03-112005Sim, DC 2005. 'How many Jews became Christians in the first century? The failure of the Christian mission to the Jews', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 61, no. 1&2, pp. 417-440.[http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive]0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13403Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThis study examines the early Christian mission(s) to the Jews, and attempts to determine, albeit speculatively, the number of Jews in the Christian movement in the first century. It is argued that the combined Christian mission was marked by a distinct lack of success. Neither the Law-observant gospel of the Jerusalem church nor the Law-free gospel of the Hellenists and Paul made much impression upon the people of Israel. Throughout the first century the total number of Jews in the Christian movement probably never exceeded 1 000 and by the end of the century the Christian church was largely Gentile.enReformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of PretoriaChristian missionJews -- Conversion to ChristianityChristian converts from JudaismMissions to JewsMissions -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600Article