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The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament

By Jacob Neusner , Craig A. Evans , Bruce Chilton

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
0391041835, 9780391041837
LCC
BT590.J8 C445 2002
Open Library ID
OL19547447M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
594 kB (608092 bytes)
Pages
191\191
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

How can Jesus be said to be ''missing''? The Church has consistently referred itself to conceptions of Jesus during its history, and the world of scholarship has seen a renaissance in the study of Jesus over the past twenty years. In fact, Jesus’ place in popular culture has been surprisingly prominent as a result of recent historical study. What is ''missing'' is not by any means reference to Jesus: what is missing is rather an entire dimension of his identity. In order for us to understand Jesus and his profound influence on global culture, we need to see him within the context of the Judaism that was his own natural environment. No one can be assessed apart from one’s environment, but a variety of factors have isolated the study of Jesus from the study of Judaism. The ''missing'' Jesus is Jesus within Judaism.

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