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Authenticating the Words of Jesus and Authenticating the Activities of Jesus (2 vols)

Bruce D. Chilton

This collection of studies offers Jesus researchers a gold mine of fresh research and critical appraisal of the assumptions and methods employed in the study of the historical Jesus. This…

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Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research

Bruce D. Chilton,Craig A. Evans

This coordinated collection of studies provides important critical assessments of recent progress in Life of Jesus research. Topics treated include Jesus and Palestinian politics, the parables and miracles of Jesus…

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The Forgotten Compass

As form criticism arose, the French anthropologist Marcel Jousse developed a hermeneutical paradigm, global in scope and prescient in its vision but opposed to the philological paradigm of biblical studies…

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The Forgotten Compass

As form criticism arose, the French anthropologist Marcel Jousse developed a hermeneutical paradigm, global in scope and prescient in its vision but opposed to the philological paradigm of biblical studies…

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The Targums: A Critical Introduction

Paul V.M. Flesher,Bruce D. Chilton

Guides readers in understanding the development of the targums, their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, their dates, their language, their place in the history of Christianity and Judaism, and their…

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The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament

Bruce D. Chilton,Craig A. Evans,Jacob Neusner

How can Jesus be said to be missing ? What is missing is not by any means reference to Jesus: what is missing is rather an entire dimension of his…

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Trading Places: The Intersecting Histories of Judaism and Christianity

Bruce D. Chilton,Professor Jacob Neusner, PH.D.

‘Trading Places’ turns on its head the usual scholarly consensus that early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism run parallel. These two great traditions, argue Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner, intersected and…

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Classical Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: Comparing Theologies

Bruce D Chilton,Professor Jacob Neusner, PH.D.

Among the world’s religions, Christianity and Judaism are the most symmetrical. But in our day of religious tolerance, a tendency to overlook the vital differences between the two religions in…

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The Targums: A Critical Introduction

Paul V. M. Flesher,Bruce D. Chilton

Guides readers in understanding the development of the targums, their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, their dates, their language, their place in the history of Christianity and Judaism, and their…

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Three Faiths, One God: The Formative Faith and Practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Jacob Neusner,Bruce D. Chilton,William Graham

If Moses, Jesus, and the Prophet Muhammad were to meet, what would they tell one another about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? This work explores the topics such a conversation might…

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The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament

Bruce D. Chilton,Craig A. Evans,Jacob Neusner

How can Jesus be said to be missing ? What is missing is not by any means reference to Jesus: what is missing is rather an entire dimension of his…

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Judaism in Late Antiquity, I, II, III (3 vols)

Bruce D. Chilton

Jacob Neusner and his colleagues Alan Avery-Peck and Bruce Chilton have assembled scholars to produce this reference work for the study of Judaism in late antiquity. It seeks to offer…

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Judaism in Late Antiquity 5. The Judaism of Qumran: A Systemic Reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Volume One: Theory of Israel

In this volume, the authors ask of the documents of the Dead Sea Library found at Qumran a simple question: how does each participate in a single Judaic religious system…

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Judaism in Late Antiquity 5. The Judaism of Qumran: A Systemic Reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Volume Two: World View, Comparing Judaisms

In this volume, the authors ask of the documents of the Dead Sea Library found at Qumran a simple question: how does each participate in a single Judaic religious system…

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Just War in Religion and Politics

The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives. The contributors compare and contrast not only positions, but also methods of learning…

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The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: The Philosophy of Religious Argument

Bruce Chilton,Jacob Neusner (Bard College, New York, USA)

This provocative volume provides a unique and controversial analysis of the genesis and evolution of Judaeo-Christian intellectual thought.

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The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: The Philosophy of Religious Argument

Bruce Chilton,Jacob Neusner (Bard College, New York, USA)

This provocative volume provides a unique and controversial analysis of the genesis and evolution of Judaeo-Christian intellectual thought.

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Judaic and Christian Visions of the Social Order: Describing, Analyzing and Comparing Systems of the Formative Age

The seven essays in this book address formative Judaic writings in the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud, the first six centuries of the Common Era, and formative Christianity…

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A Legacy of Learning: Essays in Honor of Jacob Neusner

The questions Jacob Neusner has asked have shaped how scholars today approach the rabbinic literature. These essays honor that legacy, addressing topics in early Judaism, Judaism’s relationship to Christianity and…

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Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

Jacob Neusner,Dr. Baruch A Levine,Bruce D Chilton,Vincent J Cornell

What lies ahead for the troubled family of Abraham?

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God in the World

Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner, PhD (Brown University Rhode Island),Bruce D Chilton

The authors address the issue of God in this world which, in the classical documents of formative Judaism, encompasses the diverse ways in which we meet God in the here…

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Revelation: The Torah and the Bible

Professor of Religion Jacob Neusner, PhD (Brown University Rhode Island),Bruce D Chilton

Here is a superb resource for all who wish to deepen their understanding of Judaism and Christianity and the relationship between these two great traditions. The authors compare and contrast…

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Torah Revealed, Torah Fulfilled: Scriptural Laws In Formative Judaism and Earliest Christianity

Rabbi Jacob Neusner,Bruce D. Chilton,Dr. Baruch A. Levine

A look at the use of Scriptural law by early Christian and Rabbinical Jews, assessing points of tension, emphasis and conflict.

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Torah Revealed, Torah Fulfilled: Scriptural Laws In Formative Judaism and Earliest Christianity

Rabbi Jacob Neusner,Bruce D. Chilton,Dr. Baruch A. Levine

A look at the use of Scriptural law by early Christian and Rabbinical Jews, assessing points of tension, emphasis and conflict.

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A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark: Comparisons with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Scrolls, and Rabbinic Literature

This handbook addresses the Judaic context of the Gospel according to Mark. Mark’s text is compared to distinct categories of writings, Pseudepigrapha (together with Philo and Josephus), discoveries related to…

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Synoptikon: Streams of Tradition in Mark, Matthew, and Luke

Bruce D. Chilton

The Synoptikon presents the texts of the Synoptic Gospels alongside one another and in relation to their Judaic contexts. Discrete typefaces highlight particular streams of tradition that interacted so as…

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The Body of Faith: Israel and Church

Jacob Neusner (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA),Bruce D. Chilton

Here is the second of three volumes whose purpose is to compare and contrast the paramount theological categories of Judaism and Christianity. This volume provides the faithful of both Judaism…

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Comparing Spiritualities: On Finding Life and Meeting Death

Bruce D. Chilton,Jacob Neusner (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA)

This text selects certain spiritual practices, and uses them as a lens through which to examine and compare Christianity and Judaism.

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The Golden Rule: Analytical Perspectives

The role of the Golden Rule in various systems of thought, both religious and philosophical, invites study. How the logic of a given system interprets the Golden Rule demands analysis…

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A Comparative Handbook to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: Comparisons with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Scrolls, and Rabbinic Literature

Bruce D. Chilton,Alan J. Avery-Peck,Darrell Bock,Craig A. Evans,Daniel M. Gurtner

This Comparative Handbook surveys the Judaic environment of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Analogies are traced with the Pseudepigrapha (together with Philo and Josephus), discoveries related to Qumran, and…

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Equality: More or Less

This book examines a fundamental social paradox: although less equality certainly entrenches injustice, more equality may nevertheless protect the advantages that one group enjoys over fellow citizens. Their studies confront…

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Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

Bruce D. Chilton,Porton,Louis H. Feldman

Given the importance of the exile to the development of Judaism and Christianity even to the present day, this volume delves into the conceptions of exile which contributed to that…

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Ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective: Essays in Memory of Karl-Johan Illman

The late Karl-Johan Illman was a professor of Biblical and Judaic studies at Abo Akademi University in Abo/Turku, Finland. A beloved and respected figure in the Judeo-Christian dialogue and an…

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