Contesting Texts: Jews And Christians in Conversation About the Bible - Hardcover

 
9780800638429: Contesting Texts: Jews And Christians in Conversation About the Bible
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0800638425 ISBN 13: 9780800638429
Publisher: Fortress Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Themes explored include: biblical authority, texts of violence, tradition, identity and the other, common hope.

Contributors include: David Novak, Barbara Rossing, Steven Weitzman, Hindy Naiman, Ralph Klein, Barbara Bowe, Larry Edwards, Sarah Tanzer, Walter Brueggemann, Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, and David Sandmel.

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About the Author

Melody D Knowles is Associate Professor of Hebrew Scripture at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, USA. Esther Menn is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. John Pawlikowski, OSM is Professor of Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at CTU in Chicago. Timothy J Sandoval is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Chicago Theological Seminary.

Review

"...these essays explore the ways that the Bible has served as both bridge and battleground between Christians and Jews." -- Paula Fredricksen, William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture, Boston University

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Publisher
Fortress Pr
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0800638425
ISBN 13 
9780800638429
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
229
Editor
Knowles Melody D., Menn Esther, Pawlikowski John, Sandoval Timothy J.