Name: The Jewish Gospels
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Author: Daniel Boyarin
ISBN: 9781595587114

The Jewish Gospels

by Daniel Boyarin 2020-09-04 13:06:46

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â[A] fascinating recasting of the story of Jesus.â âElliot Wolfson, New York University In July 2008, a front-page story in the New York Times reported on the discovery of an ancient Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Jesus, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Commenting on this startling discovery at the time, noted Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin argued that âsome Christians will find it shockingâa challenge to the uniqueness of their theology.â Guiding us through a rich tapestry of new discoveries and ancient scriptures, The Jewish Gospels makes the powerful case that our conventional understandings of Jesus and of the origins of Christianity are wrong. In Boyarinâs scrupulously illustrated account, the coming of the Messiah was fully imagined in the ancient Jewish texts. Jesus, moreover, was embraced by many Jews as this person, and his core teachings were not at all a break from Jewish beliefs and teachings. Jesus and his followers, Boyarin shows, were simply Jewish. What came to be known as Christianity came much later, as religious and political leaders sought to impose a new religious orthodoxy that was not present at the time of Jesusâs life. In the vein of Elaine Pagelsâs The Gnostic Gospels, here is a brilliant new work that will break open some of our cultureâs most cherished assumptions. âA brilliant and momentous book.â âKaren L. King, Harvard Divinity School âRaises profound questions . . . This provocative book will change the way we think of the Gospels in their Jewish context.â âJohn J. Collins, Yale Divinity School âItâs certainly noteworthy when one of the worldâs leading Jewish scholars publishes a book about Jesus . . . Extremely stimulating.â âDaniel C. Peterson, The Deseret News Less

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