The Ebionite/Nazerene movement, said to have flourished between 30-80 CE, was concentrated in Palestine and surrounding regions and lead by "James the Just", Jesus' eldest brother. The Ebionites were evidently dedicated to the Torah, as illuminated by their teacher Jesus, whom they viewed as a prophet akin to Moses. Also, some of the movement's ideas and beliefs appear to have been influenced by the Essenes. This article is also found at Ancient Paths.

The term 'Ebionites' is said to have probably been applied to the Nazarenes, a Jewish Christian group lead by James and Peter, as a derogatory nickname. The group evidently viewed Jesus as a human being, born by natural means to Joseph and Mary, and as a prophet loyal to the Torah whose message Paul had distorted. The Ebionites are also said to have been millenarians, believing that Jesus would return and reign for one thousand years. They are also considered by the author to have had, in some ways, a profound and lasting influence upon Christianity, despite having been persecuted out of existence by the Roman Catholic Church.

The author states that this article is a "…genuine effort to invite the Christians back to the pure unadulterated faith and practice of Jesus himself." This faith is said to have been epitomised by the Nazerenes/Ebionites, a faith characterised by an adherence to the Mosaic law, a recognition of Jesus as Messiah, a belief in the normal birth of Jesus, and a hostility to Paul's teaching. In addition, however, the fourth century Church historian Eusebius also cites another group of Ebionites who did accept the virgin birth and the Holy Spirit, though denying the concept of Jesus as the pre-existing 'Word' of God.