Common ground : a priest and a rabbi read Scripture together / Andrew M. Greeley and Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-

Contributor:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judaism and Christianity meet in scripture, which they share and about which they contend. In Common Ground Father Andrew Greeley and Rabbi Jacob Neusner present their characteristically candid - and often provocative - interpretations of the history, context, and meaning of scripture. Written in alternating chapters, Common Ground reveals how a rabbi understands Christ, Mary, and St Paul, and how a priest views creation, Abraham and Sarah, and the prophets. Neusner calls upon the ancient Rabbinic approach to scripture - the conversational dialogue of "Midrash" - while Greeley creatively renews the narrative tradition of Christianity. Together they show that differences in responses to scripture enrich the possibilities of biblical renewal.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction: Reading Scripture Together""; ""1. NEUSNER: Row a Rabbi Reads the Torah""; ""2. GREELEY: How a Priest Reads the Bible""; ""3. NEUSNER: Is Not My Word like Fire?""; ""4. NEUSNER: Beginning ""In the Beginning""""; ""5. GREELEY: The Lovers in the Song�Creation""; ""6. NEUSNER: God and Israel�the Lovers""; ""7. NEUSNER: Let Us Make Man""; ""8. NEUSNER: Adam, Where Are You?""; ""9. GREELEY: Adam""; ""10. NEUSNER: ""I Regret That I Made Them,"" but Noah Found Favor""; ""11. GREELEY: Noah""; ""12. NEUSNER: And Abram Put His Faith in the Lord""

""13. GREELEY: Abraham""""14. NEUSNER: The Abraham of the Bible and the Abraham of the Torah""; ""15. NEUSNER: ""Take Your Son, Your Favored One, Isaac""""; ""16. NEUSNER: ""Then Jacob Made a Vow""""; ""17. NEUSNER: ""I the Lord Am Your God Who Brought You Out of the Land of Egypt""""; ""18. NEUSNER: The Ten Commandments""; ""19. GREELEY: Moses, Our Rabbi""; ""20. GREELEY: The Faithless Bride�Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel""; ""21. GREELEY: Who Is Lady Wisdom?""; ""22. NEUSNER: The Prophets""; ""23. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Said""; ""24. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Did""

""25. GREELEY: Jesus�Who He Was""""26. GREELEY: Women and Jesus""; ""27. NEUSNER: Jesus""; ""28. GREELEY: Saint Peter""; ""29. GREELEY: Saint Paul and the Gentiles""; ""30. NEUSNER: Paul""; ""31. GREELEY: Mary, Jesus' Mother and Ours""; ""32. NEUSNER: Mary�Can She Be Jewish Too?""; ""33. NEUSNER: Is God Male or Female?""; ""34. GREELEY: The Womanliness of God""; ""35. NEUSNER: What Judaism Can Teach Christianity about Reading Scripture""; ""36. NEUSNER: Thinking About ""the Other"" in Religion�It Is Necessary, but Is It Possible?""

""37. NEUSNER: Can Christianity and Judaism Conduct Dialogue? Yes, Says the Rabbi�Six Years Later""""38. GREELEY: This Time the Rabbi Is Right!""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Index to Biblical and Talmudic References""

Notes:

First ed. published New York, NY : Warner Books, c1990 under title: The Bible and us.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Greeley, Andrew M., 1928- Bible and us.

ISBN:

9786612864636

9780773577428

0773577424

9781282864634

1282864637

9780773574731

0773574735

OCLC:

647844297