| The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus Contributor(s): Levine, Amy-Jill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061137782 ISBN-13: 9780061137785 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: In the "The Misunderstood Jew," scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth-telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Christian Theology - Christology |
| Dewey: 261.26 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.48" W x 8.25" (0.42 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: In the The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the Jewishness of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth-telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other. |
Contributor Bio(s): Levine, Amy-Jill: - Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science in Nashville, Tennessee; Affiliated Professor at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Cambridge; and a self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt." She is the author of The Misunderstood Jew, The Meaning of the Bible (coauthored with Douglas Knight), and the editor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament. |