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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818960903321

Autore

Homolka Walter

Titolo

Jesus reclaimed : Jewish perspectives on the Nazarene / / Walter Homolka ; translated by Ingrid Shafer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-80073-210-4

1-78238-580-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Disciplina

232.9/06

Soggetti

Judaism - Relations - Christianity

Christianity and other religions - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Translator's Preface""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction � When a Jew Looks at the Sources: The Jesus of History""; ""Chapter 1 � Jesus and His Impact on Jewish Antiquity and the Middle Ages""; ""Chapter 2 � The Historical Jesus: A Jewish and a Christian Quest""; ""Chapter 3 � Jesus the Jew and Joseph Ratzinger's Christ: A Theological U-Turn""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

After centuries of persecution, oppression, forced migrations, and exclusion in the name of Christ, the development of a Jewish “Quest for the Historical Jesus” might seem unexpected.  This book gives an overview and analysis of the various Jewish perspectives on the Nazarene throughout the centuries, emphasizing the variety of German voices in Anglo-American contexts. It explores the reasons for a steady increase in Jewish interest in Jesus since the end of the eighteenth century, arguing that this growth had a strategic goal: the justification of Judaism as a living faith alongside Christianity.