A rabbi talks with Jesus / Jacob Neusner.

Placing himself within the context of the Gospel of Matthew, Neusner imagines himself in a dialogue with Jesus of Nazareth and pays him the supreme Judaic gesture of respect: making a connection with him through an honest debate about the nature of God's One Truth. Neusner explains why the Serm...

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Main Author: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000
Edition:Rev. ed.
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Summary:Placing himself within the context of the Gospel of Matthew, Neusner imagines himself in a dialogue with Jesus of Nazareth and pays him the supreme Judaic gesture of respect: making a connection with him through an honest debate about the nature of God's One Truth. Neusner explains why the Sermon on the Mount would not have convinced him to follow Jesus and why, by the criterion of the Torah of Moses, he would have continued to follow the teachings of Moses. He explores the reasons Christians believe in Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven, while Jews continue to believe in the Torah of Moses and a kingdom of priests and holy people on earth. This revised and expanded edition, with a foreword by Donald Akenson, creates a thoughtful and accessible context for discussion of the most fundamental question of why Christians and Jews believe what they believe.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Doubleday, ©1993.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)
ISBN:9780773568396
0773568395