Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus, 2nd Edition
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- Paperback
332 pages
- Release Date
11 April 1998
Summary
Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When he argued the latter based on the New Testament, Abraham Geiger ignited an intense debate that began in nineteenth-century Germany but continues to this day.
Geiger, a pioneer of Reform Judaism and a founder of Jewish studies, developed a Jewish version of Christian origins. He contended that Jesus was a member of the Pharisees, a progressive and liberalizing group within first-century Judaism, and that he taught not…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226329598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226329593 |
| Author: | Susannah Heschel |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 332 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 April 1998 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 15mm x 2mm |
| Series: | Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism |
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About The Author
Susannah Heschel
Susannah Heschel is the Eli Black Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. She is the coeditor of Insider/Outsider: Multiculturalism and American Jews and the editor of On Being a Jewish Feminist: A Reader and Moral Grandeur and Spirited Audacity: Essays on Abraham Joshua Heschel.
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