When Judaism and Christianity Began (2 vols)

Biographical note Table of contents

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Reference Work

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vol. 1: xxii, 314 pp.; vol. 2: viii, 312 pp.

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BRILL

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English

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Bibliographic Set

Biographical note

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Alan J. Avery-Peck is Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. Daniel Harrington, S.J., is Professor of New Testament at Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

VOLUME ONE
Preface
A Biographical Sketch, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
Bibliography of Works by Anthony J. Saldarini
CHRISTIANITY IN THE BEGINNING
Matthew 21:12: Trading Words, Turning the Tables, Timing the End, Herbert W. Basser
James and the (Christian) Pharisees, Bruce Chilton
A “Mother of Sons” in Israel and in Matthew’s Jewish-Christian Community, Lisa Sowle Cahill
Abraham in Marcion’s Gospel and Epistles: Marcion and the Jews, John J. Clabeaux
Targumizing Tendencies in Matthean Redaction, Craig A. Evans
The Pharisees and Jesus in Galilee and Q, Richard A. Horsley
From the Birth of Jesus to the Resurrection: Women in the Gospel of Matthew, Thomas R.W. Longstaff
John the Baptist and Jesus, Joel Marcus
Deception, Ambiguity, and Revelation: Matthew’s Judgmental Scenes in Social-Science Perspective, Jerome H. Neyrey
Antioch’s Aftershocks: Rereading Galatians and Matthew after Saldarini, Robert M. Price
Methodological Reflections on the Tax Collectors in the Gospels, Lawrence M. Wills
JUDAISM BEFORE 70
The Pharisees and the Mishnaic Division of Agriculture before 70 c.e., Alan J. Avery Peck
The Importance of the Iturean Principality according to Josephus and His Contemporaries, J. Andrew Overman
Pesher Nahum and Josephus, James C. VanderKam
VOLUME TWO
JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE BEGINNING
The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Scrolls, Harold W. Atridge
How Jewish Was Mark’s Gospel?, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
The Legal Nature of Papyrus Yadin 19 and Galatians 3:15, Timothy H. Lim
The Jewishness of Matthew: Another Look, Frederick J. Murphy
The New Testament and the House of Shammai, John Townsend
JUDAISM FROM 70
Early Rabbinic Liturgy in Its Palestinian Milieu: Did Non-Rabbis Know the 'Amidah?, Ruth Langer
What Use Attributions? An Open Question in the Study of Rabbinic Literature, Jacob Neusner
Midrash and the Rabbinic Sermon, Gary Porton
Archaeology and Ancient Synagogues up to about 200 c.e., James F. Strange
How Society Shaped the Liturgy of the Scribes, Priests, and Rabbis, Tzvee Zahavy
JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY TODAY
Matthew’s Christian-Jewish Community and Interreligious Encounter Today, Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Judaism and Christianity: The Parting of the Ways, Alan D. Crown
Actualizing Matthean Christology in a Post-Supersessionist Church, Philip A. Cunningham
Realistic Expectations: The Limits of Theological Negotiation, William Scott Green
How to Read Scriptures for Religious Truth, Robert Cummings Neville

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The Mishnaic Sotah Ritual

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Textual Criticism and Dead Sea Scrolls Studies in Honour of Julio Trebolle Barrera

Edited by Andrés Piquer Otero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid & Pablo A. Torijano Morales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

This collection of papers to honour Julio Trebolle Barrera presents a selection of studies on different aspects of the text of the Bible (including the Septuagint) and the Dead Sea Scrolls, produced by leading scholars in the field.

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A Walk through Jubilees

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Jewish Identity and Politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba

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