The Symbolic Jesus

Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity

• Author(s): William Edward Arnal,
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
• Pages: 97
• ISBN_10: 1845530071
  ISBN_13: 9781845530075
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / General , Religion / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament , Religion / Judaism / General , Religion / Judaism / History , Religion / Christian Theology / Christology , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Discrimination ,

Description:... 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.