Soundings in the Religion of Jesus - Perspectives and Methods in Jewish and Christian Scholarship

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College and the author of numerous books in New Testament studies, including, with Deirdre Good, Studying the New Testament: A Fortress Introduction (2010). Klappentext Jesus was a Jew and not a Christian. That affirmation may seem obvious, but here an international cast of Jewish and Christian scholars spell out its weighty and often complex consequences for contemporary Jewish-Christian dialogue. Soundings in the Religion of Jesus contextualizes Jesus and the writings about him that set the stage for Jewish-Christian relations for the next two thousand years. Of equal importance, this book considers the reception, celebration, and (too often) the neglect of Jesus' Jewishness in modern contexts and the impact such responses have had for Jewish-Christian relations. Topics explored include the ethics of scriptural translation, the ideological motives of Nazi theologians and other "quests" for the Historical Jesus, and the ways in which New Testament portraits of Jesus both help and hurt authentic Jewish-Christian dialogue.

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• Authors: Bruce Chilton, Bruce (EDT)/ Ledonne Chilton, Bruce D. Chilton, Jacob Neusner
• Assisted by: Bruce Chilton (Editor), Anthony Le Donne (Editor), Anthony Ledonne (Editor), Jacob Neusner (Editor), Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner (Editor)
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2012
• EAN: 9780800698010
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-9801-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Soundings
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations