The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New TestamentBruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Jacob Neusner BRILL, 2002 - 175 pages 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. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details. |
Contents
Interpreting Jesus in | 11 |
Craig Evans | 41 |
Neusners Contexts of Comparison | 69 |
Reconstructing the Halakah of Jesus | 101 |
Dividing it Right Who is a Jew | 125 |
Jesus within Judaism | 135 |
Some Significant Dates in the History | 157 |
Other editions - View all
The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament Craig A. Evans,Jacob Neusner Limited preview - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
Acts appears Aramaic argue argument attested believed Bible Borg Brill brother Bruce Chilton C. A. Evans century church circumcision claim concerning critical Crossan Cynic Dead Sea Scrolls death debate diachronic comparison discussion distinction E. P. Sanders Elijah Essenes evidence example exegetical Exod Galilean Rabbi Galilee Gentiles Gospels healing Hebrew Hegesippus Hellenistic Herod Historical Jesus holy Horsley idem interpretation Israel Israelite Jacob Neusner Jerusalem Jesus and Judaism Jesus Seminar Jewish Jews Josephus Judaic context king kingdom Leiden London Luke Mack Mark Matt Matthew Messiah Meyer Midrash Mishnah Moses Nazirite parable parallels Paul Pharisees Philo practice Professor Neusner prophets purity question Rabbinic Judaism rabbinic literature reference religious repentance restoration Roman ruling priests Sabbath sacrifice Sadducees scholars SCM Press scribal law Scripture Shab sources study of Jesus study of religion Talmud teaching Temple of Jesus Testament Theology thinking tion Torah tradition understanding Vermes Yakov Yeshua