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The missing Jesus : rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament / by Bruce A. Chilton, Craig Evans & Jacob Neusner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chilton, Bruce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Jewishness--Congresses.
- Jesus Christ.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, 2002.
- Summary:
- How can Jesus said to be ""missing""? References to Jesus are not missing, but rather a dimension of his identity. This text demonstrates that in order for us to understand Jesus and his influence, we need to see him within the context of the Judaism that was his own natural environment.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Finding a Context for Jesus; The Misplaced Jesus: Interpreting Jesus in a Judaic Context; Response: Mapping a Place for Jesus; Contexts of Comparison: Reciprocally Reading Gospels' and Rabbis' Parables; Response: Neusner's "Contexts of Comparison"; The Gospels and Rabbinic Halakah; Response: Reconstructing the Halakah of Jesus: Appropriating Early and Late Sources; Getting It Right: Jesus, James, and Questions of Sanctity; Response: Dividing it Right: Who is a Jew and What is a Christian?; Conclusion: Jesus within Judaism
- Some Significant Dates in the History of Judaism and ChristianityIndices
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786610463862
- 9781280463860
- 1280463864
- 9781417510450
- 1417510455
- 9789047400059
- 9047400054
- OCLC:
- 191929790
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