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The Misunderstood Jew by Amy-Jill Levine

The Misunderstood Jew

The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus

Amy-Jill Levine

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 20, 2007

In the The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place.

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Who it’s for
A brisk, exacting look at a fraught Christian-Jewish intersection.
Genres
Jesus, Gospels & Acts, Judaism, Comparative Religion
Published
HarperCollins, November 20, 2007

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About this book

In the The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth-telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other.

Fraught Ground

A brisk, exacting look at a fraught Christian-Jewish intersection.

Come here for

  • Jewish Jesus, squarely named
  • rigorous theological framing

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  • serious historical-theological argument
  • clear, unsentimental prose

Where it sits

Jesus, Gospels & Acts78%
Comparative Religion47%
Judaism31%

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Publisher categories

  • Ancient History
  • New Testament Interpretation
  • Biblical Reference
  • Catholicism
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  • Christian History
  • History of Religion
  • Inspirational Religion
  • Judaism
Authors
Amy-Jill Levine
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
November 20, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Ancient History