Soundings in the religion of Jesus : perspectives and methods in Jewish and Christian scholarship / edited by Bruce Chilton, Anthony Le Donne, and Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chilton, Bruce.

Le Donne, Anthony, 1975-

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Jewishness.

Jesus Christ.

Jews--Identity.

Jewishness of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Jewish interpretations.

Jewish interpretations.

Jewish interpretations of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Christianity and antisemitism.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

xix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2012]

Summary:

A milestone in Jewish-Christian dialogue

Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian. But what does that mean for contemporary conversation between Jews and Christians? Moving beyond expressions of civility and good will to address hard and complex questions, an international cast of Jewish and Christian scholars explore the receptions, celebration, and (tool often) the neglect of Jesus' Jewishness in modern contexts and the impact such responses have had for Jewish-Christian relations. Topics include the ethics of scriptural translation, the ideological motives of Nazi theologians and other "quests" for the historical Jesus, and the ways in which New Testament portraits of Jesus both help and hurt authentic Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Soundings; Charting the Currents of Contemporary Scholarship Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 The New Testament Jesus and Exclusionary Boundaries

1 Translating Jesus and the Jews: Can We Eradicate the Anti-Semitism without Also Erasing the Semitism? / Leonard Greenspoon Greenspoon, Leonard 11

2 A Jewish Teaching: Jesus, Gentiles, and the Sheep and the Goats (MATTHEW 25:31-46) / Joel N. Lohr Lohr, Joel N. 29

3 A Dogmatic Jesus / Anne Lapidus Lerner Lerner, Anne Lapidus 47

Part 2 Early Jewish and Gentile Perspectives on Jesus

4 The Distribution of Jewish Leaders in the Synoptic Gospels: Why Wariness is Warranted / Michael J. Cook Cook, Michael J. 61

5 Viewing the Jewish Jesus of History through the Lens of Matthew's Gospel / Donald Senior C.P. C.P., Donald Senior 81

6 The Trial of Jesus and the Temple: Sadducean and Roman Perspectives / Eyal Regev Regev, Eyal 97

Part 3 Jesus Research before and after German National Socialism

7 Remapping Schweitzer's Quest through Jewish-Christian Polemic, Apology, and Dialogue / Anthony Le Donne Donne, Anthony Le 111

8 The Dissimilar Jesus: Anti-Semitism, Protestantism, Hero-Worship, and Dialectical Theology / Dagmar Winter Winter, Dagmar 129

9 Jesus within Judaism: The Political and Moral Context of Jesus Research and Its Methodology / Gerd Theissen Theissen, Gerd 143

Part 4 Jesus in Jewish-Christian Dailogue

10 The Importance of Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Jesus / James D. G. Dunn Dunn, James D. G. 161

11 Jesus in Jewish-Christian Dialogue / Amy-Jill Levine Levine, Amy-Jill 175

12 Conclusion / Bruce Chilton Chilton, Bruce, Jacob Neusner Neusner, Jacob 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780800698010

0800698010

9781451424294

1451424299

OCLC:

773019641