The body of faith
Subtitle: Israel and the Church
By: Jacob Neusner, Bruce D. Chilton.
Contributors: Chilton, Bruce.
Series: Christianity and Judaism, the formative categories
Publisher: Trinity Press International; Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Valley Forge, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Mystical body -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Jews in rabbinical literature.; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity.; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism.
Description: The first part of the book deals with Israel in the theology of Judaism, Israel as a kingdom of priests and holy nation, Israel as family, and Israel as (Christian) Rome. The second part examines Jesus and the absence of Israel, the Israel of James, the community of "Q" and Peter, and the church (ekklesia) in the Synoptic Gospels, Paul, Hebrews, and Revelation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and indexes.