John and Judaism: A Contested Relationship in Context

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A window into early Judaism and Christianity The Gospel of John was written during the period of the emergence of Christianity and its separation from Judaism and bears witness to their contested relationship. This volume contains eighteen cutting-edge essays written by an international group of scholars who interpret for students and general readers what the book tells us about first-century Judaism, the separation of the church from Judaism, and how John's anti-Jewish references are being interpreted today. Features: A debate over the process that led to the separation of the church from Judaism, and John's place in that process A review of recent interpretations of John's anti-Jewish references An assessment of the current status of Jewish Christian relations Cover Contents Abbreviations Preface Part 1: Introduction John and the Jews “Is Jesus the King of Israel?” Part 2: John as a Source for Understanding Judaism The Gospel of John as a Source for First-Century Judaism John, Judaism, and “Searching the Scriptures” John, the Jews, and Philosophy Part 3: Reappraising John’s Relationship to Judaism and Jewish Christianity Story and History Jesus, Ἀποσυνάγωγος, and Modes of Religiosity Evidence of Conflict with the Synagogue in the Johannine Writings Johannine Christian and Baptist Sectarians within Late First-Century Judaism The Shema in John’s Gospel and Jewish Restoration Eschatology Tensions in Matthean and Johannine Soteriology Viewed in Their Jewish Context Matthew and John Toward Reconfiguring Our Views on the “Parting of the Ways” Part 4: Reading John as Jews and Christians Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Fifteen Years after the Leuven Colloquium Anti-Semitism and Religious Violence as Flawed Interpretations of the Gospel of John Seed of Abraham, Slavery, and Sin The Place of John in Christian-Jewish Relations Fifty Years after Nostra Aetate Afterword Works Cited Contributors Ancient Sources Index Modern Authors Index