Bibliograph

Kosher Jesus, Shmuley Boteach

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Kosher Jesus, Shmuley Boteach

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kosher Jesus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

747385748

Responsibility statement

Shmuley Boteach

Table Of Contents

Introduction: who was Jesus of Nazareth? -- Part I. The rabbi. The rabbi and the stranger -- Romans and Jews -- The Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the zealots -- Jesus the rabbi -- Jewish law -- Miracles -- Jesus the healer -- Jesus never claimed to be divine -- The fantasy of the condemned and evil Jews -- Part II. The death of Jesus. The crucifixion -- Did Judas really exist? -- Brutal Pilate -- Barabbas -- A political death and the trial of Jesus -- Jesus' crimes -- Paul the Pharisee? -- Paul and the original apostles -- Placating Rome -- Part III. What Christians have to learn from the Jewish Jesus. Jesus, lover of Israel -- Jesus against evil -- Tinkering with the divine -- Part IV. Why the Jews cannot accept Jesus. The world's most successful idea -- Why Jews cannot believe in the divinity and messiahship of Jesus -- Divinity -- Judaism and paganism -- Virgin birth -- Splitting up divinity -- Original sin -- Salvation and repentance -- A Davidic messiah? -- Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies -- An eternal covenant -- Evangelist methods -- This world and the next -- Diversity and uniformity -- Embracing Jesus as a Jew -- Part V. Restoring Judeo-Christian values. What we can all learn from Jesus -- Jesus as a bridge between religions -- Jesus and American values -- The hyphen that unites us -- Appendix: What of the Jewish sources on Jesus?

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