A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, Revised Edition

Neusner, Jacob

ISBN 10: 0773520465 / ISBN 13: 9780773520462

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, Revised Edition
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773520465
• ISBN 13: 9780773520462
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Imagine yourself transported two thousand years back in time to Galilee at the moment of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. After hearing it, would you abandon your religious beliefs and ideology to follow him, or would you hold on to your own beliefs and walk away? In A Rabbi Talks with Jesus Jacob Neusner considers just such a spiritual journey.

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.

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Theology, Bard College.