Kosher Jesus
By: Shmuley Boteach
Publisher: Gefen Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Springfield, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9789652295781
Subjects: Judaism; Jewish interpretations; Relations; Christianity
Description: Jesus of Nazareth is the most famous Jew who ever lived, yet remains profoundly alienated from his own people. At best he is viewed as the founder of a new religion which for millennia was hostile to Judaism. At worst he is seen as the source of world anti-Semitism, with the charge that the Jews were responsible for his death being the impetus for the murder of countless Jews throughout the ages. But the historical Jesus is also foreign to most Christians who are oblivious to the life he lived as a Jew, his real mission in ancient Judea, the source of most of his celebrated teachings, and his firm attachment to his people. Shmuley Boteach offers us a view of Jesus, based on Jewish and Christian sources, that will serve as a bridge between two faith communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: who was Jesus of Nazareth?; title: Part I. The rabbi. The rabbi and the stranger; title: Romans and Jews; title: The Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the zealots; title: Jesus the rabbi; title: Jewish law; title: Miracles; title: Jesus the healer; title: Jesus never claimed to be divine; title: The fantasy of the condemned and evil Jews; title: Part II. The death of Jesus. The crucifixion; title: Did Judas really exist?; title: Brutal Pilate; title: Barabbas; title: A political death and the trial of Jesus; title: Jesus' crimes; title: Paul the Pharisee?; title: Paul and the original apostles; title: Placating Rome; title: Part III. What Christians have to learn from the Jewish Jesus. Jesus, lover of Israel; title: Jesus against evil; title: Tinkering with the divine; title: Part IV. Why the Jews cannot accept Jesus. The world's most successful idea; title: Why Jews cannot believe in the divinity and messiahship of Jesus; title: Divinity; title: Judaism and paganism; title: Virgin birth; title: Splitting up divinity; title: Original sin; title: Salvation and repentance; title: A Davidic messiah?; title: Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies; title: An eternal covenant; title: Evangelist methods; title: This world and the next; title: Diversity and uniformity; title: Embracing Jesus as a Jew; title: Part V. Restoring Judeo-Christian values. What we can all learn from Jesus; title: Jesus as a bridge between religions; title: Jesus and American values; title: The hyphen that unites us; title: Appendix: What of the Jewish sources on Jesus?