William E. Arnal

The Symbolic Jesus (eBook, ePUB)

Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is widely accepted that Jesus was a Jew. However, both Christian and New Testament scholarship have a strong anti-Jewish history. 'The Symbolic Jesus' presents the controversies surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus. It examines the insistence among historical Jesus scholars that Jesus was a Jew and the ways this frames the figure of Jesus in ancient Christian literature. The book examines the anti-Jewish legacy of the past and more recent approaches to biblical scholarship. Contemporary identity issues - scholarly, political, religious and cultural - are shown to lie at the heart of the debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317324393
• Artikelnr.: 43616300

Autorenporträt

William Arnal is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Mad Mel and the Cultural Prominence of Jesus
2. Bad Karma: Anti-Semitism in New Testament Scholarship
3. A Manufactured Controversy: Why the "Jewish Jesus" is a Red Herring
4. The Jewish Jesus and Contemporary Identity
5. Conclusions