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Levine, Amy-Jill, 1956-

The misunderstood Jew : the Church and the scandal of the Jewish Jesus / Amy-Jill Levine. - First edition. - New York, Harper Collins Publishers ©2006 - 250 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and indexes.

Jesus and Judaism -- From Jewish sect to gentile church -- The New Testament and anti-Judaism -- Stereotyping Judaism -- With friends like these ... -- Distinct canons, distinct practices -- Quo vadis?

"Mixing rigorous scholarship with helpings of both wit and pastoral care, Amy-Jill Levine reveals Jesus as The Misunderstood Jew. Levine shows how Christians often misunderstand Judaism in general, misunderstand the New Testament in particular, and thus yank Jesus out of his Jewish context?resulting in intolerance (and sometimes outright hatred) of Jews. She doesn't let Jews off the hook either, cutting through willful ignorance of Jesus and his message. A Jewish scholar who teaches in a primarily Protestant divinity school in Nashville, Tennessee?the buckle of the Bible Belt?Levine offers a unique, deeper understanding of who Jesus was and what he taught"--Publisher website (September 2007).

ISBN: 9780060789664 0060789662 9780061137785 0061137782

Standard No.: 9780060789664

LCCN: 2006049518

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ--Jewishness.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Jews in the New Testament.
Judaism (Christian theology)

LC Class. No.: BM535 / .L393 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 232.8