Two living traditions; essays on religion and the Bible.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandmel, Samuel

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Theology.

Interfaith relations.

Physical Description:

366 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1972.

Contents:

The Jewish scholar and early Christianity

Antiquarianism and contemporaneity: the relevance of studies in religion

The evasions of modern theology

Mass crime and the Judeo-Christian tradition

Reflections on the problem of theology for Jews

The Jewish community and the outside: the Christian community

The husk and the kernel

Jewish and Catholic Biblical scholarship

Understanding and misunderstanding: prepossession versus malice

Judaism, Jesus, and Paul: some problems of method in scholarly research

Prolegomena to a commentary on Mark

Myths, genealogies, and Jewish myths and the writing of gospels

"Son of man" in Mark

Jesus in world history

Paul reconsidered

Modern and ancient problems in communication: Rabbinic Judaism, Hellenistic Judaism, and early Christianity

Bultmann on Judaism

Isaac Mayer Wise's "Jesus Himself"

The parting of the ways

Philo and his pupils: an imaginary dialogue

The confrontation of Greek and Jewish ethics: Philo, De decalogo

Parallelomania

Genesis 4:26b

The Haggada within scripture

On canon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Thought, Winner, 1973

Other Format:

Online version: Sandmel, Samuel. Two living traditions.

ISBN:

0814314600

9780814314609

OCLC:

205071