Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust [Paperback]

PAULA FREDRIKSEN (Editor), ADELE REINHARTZ (Editor)

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Publication Date: November 30, 2002

Current scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to nonspecialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While academic writing can be obscure and popular writing can be uncritical, this group of experts has striven to write as simply and clearly as possible on topics that have been hotly contested. The essays are arranged around the historical figures and canonical texts that matter most to Christian communities and whose interpretation has fed the negative characterizations of Jews and Judaism. A select annotated bibliography also gives suggestions for further reading. This book should be an excellent resource for academic courses as well as adult study groups.

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About the Author

Paula Fredriksen is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. She has published widely in the social and intellectual history of ancient Christianity from the late Second Temple period to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.

Adele Reinhartz is Associate Vice-President of Research at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she also holds the position of Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies.

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• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (November 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664223281
• ISBN-13: 978-0664223281
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Adele Reinhartz is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Her main areas of research are the Gospel of John, early Jewish-Christian relations, feminist criticism, and, most recently, the Bible and Film. She is the author of numerous articles and several books, including "Why Ask My Name?" Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative (Oxford, 1998), Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John (Continuum, 2001), and Scripture on the Silver Screen (Westminster John Knox, 2003). Her most recent book is a study of the Jesus movies, entitled Jesus of Hollywood (Oxford, 2007). She is currently completing a book on Caiaphas the High Priest, in History, Historiography, and Culture, with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Adele was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 2005.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Brainwashed from the gospels according only to Paul, August 20, 2011

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This review is from: Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust (Paperback)

Her book is only based on the gospels and all the anti Jewish remarks made towards the Jewish people are washed away simply by saying they are not anti Jewish remarks. This is not a book that can be used as a tool for research. It lacks scholarship.