| The Symbolic Jesus: Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity Contributor(s): Arnal, William E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845530071 ISBN-13: 9781845530075 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: This volume addresses the current scholarly controversies that have crupted in the last 20 or so years over the implications of the judaism of Jesus. Since the early 1970s, a number of historical Jesus scholars have claimed that Jesus was a Jew, and that this fact has significant implications for how one reconstructs the figure of Jesus from the portraits in ancient Christian literature. This book explores the anti-Jewish legacy of past scholarship, shows that the Judaism of Jesus is a more complex issue than sometimes acknowledged, and explores the subterranean cultural implications of the recent insistence on the Judaism of Jesus. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Christology - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 232.9 |
| LCCN: 2004016796 |
| Series: Religion in Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.56" W x 8.54" (0.33 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is widely accepted that Jesus was a Jew. However, both Christian and New Testament scholarship have a strong anti-Jewish history. 'The Symbolic Jesus' presents the controversies surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus. It examines the insistence among historical Jesus scholars that Jesus was a Jew and the ways this frames the figure of Jesus in ancient Christian literature. The book examines the anti-Jewish legacy of the past and more recent approaches to biblical scholarship. Contemporary identity issues - scholarly, political, religious and cultural - are shown to lie at the heart of the debate. |
