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The misunderstood Jew : the Church and the scandal of the Jewish Jesus / Amy-Jill Levine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Harper Collins Publishers ©2006Edition: First editionDescription: 250 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780060789664
  • 0060789662
  • 9780061137785
  • 0061137782
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 232.8 22
LOC classification:
  • BM535 .L393 2006
Contents:
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?
Summary: "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).
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 232.8 L665M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 063198

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).

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