Dominique Desjeux, anthropologist, is professor emeritus at Université Paris Cité,Sorbonne humanities. After working with M. Crozier, A. Touraine and G. Balandier,he has carried out contract research since 1969 in China, the USA, Brazil, Europeand Africa. He has published numerous works on consumption, energy, mobility, innovationsand decisions in organizations and domestic space. He has been a directorof collections at L’Harmattan and PUF.

• By the Same Author — Introduction — Chapter 1 The Anthropology of Innovation Applied toReligious Phenomena — Chapter 2 Mesopotamia, the Matrix of Jewish Monotheism ina Polytheistic World (12th to 5th Centuries BC) — Chapter 3 The Hellenization and Romanization of the Mediterranean Rim — Chapter 4 Two Great Debates in the Jewish World: Circumcision and Proselytism — Chapter 5 The Incremental Invention Launched by Jesus: Purifying the Temple Religion — Chapter 6 Paul the Apostle on the Road to Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 7 The Destruction of the Temple: The Incremental Invention Becomes a Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 8 The Struggle Between Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity for Control of the Synagogues — Chapter 9 How the Instability of the Roman Empire Favoured the Christian Innovation — Conclusion — Postscript — Notes — Bibliography

Dominique Desjeux, anthropologist, is professor emeritus at Université Paris Cité,Sorbonne humanities. After working with M. Crozier, A. Touraine and G. Balandier,he has carried out contract research since 1969 in China, the USA, Brazil, Europeand Africa. He has published numerous works on consumption, energy, mobility, innovationsand decisions in organizations and domestic space. He has been a directorof collections at L’Harmattan and PUF.

• By the Same Author — Introduction — Chapter 1 The Anthropology of Innovation Applied toReligious Phenomena — Chapter 2 Mesopotamia, the Matrix of Jewish Monotheism ina Polytheistic World (12th to 5th Centuries BC) — Chapter 3 The Hellenization and Romanization of the Mediterranean Rim — Chapter 4 Two Great Debates in the Jewish World: Circumcision and Proselytism — Chapter 5 The Incremental Invention Launched by Jesus: Purifying the Temple Religion — Chapter 6 Paul the Apostle on the Road to Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 7 The Destruction of the Temple: The Incremental Invention Becomes a Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 8 The Struggle Between Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity for Control of the Synagogues — Chapter 9 How the Instability of the Roman Empire Favoured the Christian Innovation — Conclusion — Postscript — Notes — Bibliography

Dominique Desjeux, anthropologist, is professor emeritus at Université Paris Cité,Sorbonne humanities. After working with M. Crozier, A. Touraine and G. Balandier,he has carried out contract research since 1969 in China, the USA, Brazil, Europeand Africa. He has published numerous works on consumption, energy, mobility, innovationsand decisions in organizations and domestic space. He has been a directorof collections at L’Harmattan and PUF.

• By the Same Author — Introduction — Chapter 1 The Anthropology of Innovation Applied toReligious Phenomena — Chapter 2 Mesopotamia, the Matrix of Jewish Monotheism ina Polytheistic World (12th to 5th Centuries BC) — Chapter 3 The Hellenization and Romanization of the Mediterranean Rim — Chapter 4 Two Great Debates in the Jewish World: Circumcision and Proselytism — Chapter 5 The Incremental Invention Launched by Jesus: Purifying the Temple Religion — Chapter 6 Paul the Apostle on the Road to Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 7 The Destruction of the Temple: The Incremental Invention Becomes a Disruptive Innovation — Chapter 8 The Struggle Between Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity for Control of the Synagogues — Chapter 9 How the Instability of the Roman Empire Favoured the Christian Innovation — Conclusion — Postscript — Notes — Bibliography