Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Hillel and Jesus : why comparisons are important / J.H. Charlesworth -- Hillel and Jesus : are comparisons possible? / A. Goshen Gottstein -- Hillel and the misunderstanding of Judaism in modern scholarship / M. Weinfeld -- Hillel and Jesus : two ways of self-awareness / D. Flusser -- Archaeology and the religious ethos of pre-70 Palestine / L.I. Levine -- Apocalypticism in the time of Hillel and Jesus / S.E. Robinson -- Who were the Pharisees? / J. Sievers -- Jesus and factionalism in early Judaism : how serious was the factionalism of late Second Temple Judaism? / J.D.G. Dunn --Jesus and Cynics in first-century Palestine : some critical considerations / D.E. Aune -- Jesus and his community : between Essenes and Pharisees / B. Pixner -- Jesus' socioeconomic background / D.A. Fiensy -- The relationship of Paul to Jesus / J.P. Arnold -- The sayings of Jesus and archaeology / J.F. Strange -- Sayings and legends in the Hillel tradition / C. Safrai -- The sayings of Hillel : their transmission and reinterpretation / S. Safrai -- Hillel and Scripture : from authority to exegesis / D.R. Schwartz -- Jesus and the Golden Rule / P.S. Alexander -- Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls / H. Lichtenberger -- Reconstructing Jesus' teaching : problems and possibilities / C.A. Evans -- Hillel and Jesus on prayer / B.T. Viviano -- Hillel and Jesus : retrospective and prospective reflections / J.H. Charlesworth