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The Jewish Jesus
How Judaism and Christianity Shaped Each Other
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2012
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How the rise of Christianity profoundly influenced the development of Judaism in late antiquity
In late antiquity, as Christianity emerged from Judaism, it was not only the new religion that was being influenced by the old. The rise and revolutionary challenge of Christianity also had a profound influence on rabbinic Judaism, which was itself just emerging and, like Christianity, trying to shape its own identity. In The Jewish Jesus, Peter Schäfer reveals the crucial ways in which various Jewish heresies, including Christianity, affected the development of rabbinic Judaism. He even shows that some of the ideas that the rabbis appropriated from Christianity were actually reappropriated Jewish ideas. The result is a demonstration of the deep mutual influence between the sister religions, one that calls into question hard and fast distinctions between orthodoxy and heresy, and even Judaism and Christianity, during the first centuries CE.
Author / Editor information
Peter Schäfer is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of religion at Princeton University, where he directs the Program in Judaic Studies. His books include The Origins of Jewish Mysticism and Jesus in the Talmud (both Princeton). He received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2007.
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"There have been a number of revelatory books in recent decades on the relations between early Christianity and Judaism, especially on how each influenced the other. This book by Peter Schafer . . . is among them."---Glenn W. Olsen, European Legacy
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"Schäfer's book is very illuminating and fascinating. The author examines a rich collection of rabbinic texts, which shed light and better understanding on many concepts included in the Old and New Testaments. His emphasis on the geographical distinction between Palestine and Babylonia, in the evaluation of the rabbinic sources is worthy of attention. . . . [T]he book is an excellent presentation of the mutual interaction between the sister religions and deserves an important place amongst the studies about early Judaism and Christianity."---Miroslaw S. Wróbel, Biblical Annals
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"This volume combines several provocative theses. Schäfer suggests that arguments in the Talmud against ostensibly heretical teachings are aimed not only at opponents of the rabbis but also at circles among the ancient rabbis themselves that found such teachings attractive. . . . The author is a highly respected scholar of ancient Judaism, and the present book continues lines of thought that appeared in his earlier writings, including Jesus in the Talmud. This volume's presentation is erudite yet accessible. The arguments against scholars with other views are especially robust and forthright."
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"Peter Schäfer, Winner of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. Different Names of God
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2. The Young and the Old God
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3. God and David
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4. God and Metatron
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5. Has God a Father, a Son, or a Brother?
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6. The Angels
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7. Adam
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8. The Birth of the Messiah, or Why Did Baby Messiah Disappear?
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9. The Suffering Messiah Ephraim
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Midrash; God; Christianity; Jews; Metatron; New Testament; Judaism; Exegesis; Messiah in Judaism; Elohim; Rabbinic literature; Christ; Psalms; Yohanan; Israelites; Heresy; Christology; Hebrew Bible; Righteousness; Creation myth; Deity; Hekhalot literature; Mekhilta; Davidic line; Rabbinic Judaism; Elijah; Son of God; Ezekiel; Messiah; Torah; 3 Enoch; Book of Enoch; Zechariah (priest); New Covenant; Merkabah mysticism; Ancient of Days; Theology; Names of God; Sect; Shema Yisrael; Homily; Worship; Historical Jesus; Christian; Epistle to the Hebrews; Heavenly host; Lecture; Trisagion; Book of Revelation; Hezekiah; Apocalyptic literature; Holy of Holies; Angel of the Lord; Religion; Bar Kokhba revolt; Angels in Judaism; God Alone; Michael (archangel); Tiberias; Gentile; Demiurge; Atheism; Jerusalem Talmud; Tosefta; Rav; Book of Deuteronomy; Elisha; Christian theology; Diocletian; Christianity and Judaism
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
