{"product_id":"teaching-the-historical-jesus-9780367738891","title":"Teaching the Historical Jesus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaching the Historical Jesus in his Jewish context to students of varied religious backgrounds presents instructors with not only challenges, but also opportunities to sustain interfaith dialogue and foster mutual understanding and respect. This new collection explores these challenges and opportunities, gathering together experiential lessons drawn from teaching Jesus in a wide variety of settingsfrom the public, secular two- or four-year college, to the Jesuit university, to the Rabbinic school or seminary, to the orthodox, religious Israeli university. A diverse group of Jewish and Christian scholars reflect on their own classroom experiences and explicates crucial issues for teaching Jesus in a way that encourages students at every level to enter into an encounter with the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament without paternalism, parochialism, or prejudice. This volume is a valuable resource for instructors and graduate students interested in an interfaith approach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'By collecting the experiences and insights of veteran professors and convincing these colleagues to share their frustrations as well as their guidance, Garber has compiled a volume that will be quite useful to those who seek to foster authentic dialogue about Jesus across religious, communal, and institutional difference.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Jennifer Knust, Review of Biblical Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Zev Garber’s collection of mostly superb essays reflects both the uniqueness and commonalities of classroom experiences among those of us involved in teaching the literature and\/or social history of early Judaism and early Christianity in any number of academic settings...It offers a wealth of practical theories, reflections, and strategies focusing on ways that accurately situate the historical (i.e., Jewish) Jesus into those shared early Jewish and early Christian literary and social worlds.'\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cem\u003eNicolae Roddy, Review of Biblical Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Zev Garber has assembled a wide range of scholars whose experience and writing will help readers who have the opportunity and privilege to teach about the historical Jesus in many settings. Indeed, the joy and satisfaction found in the testimonies of those who teach the historical Jesus was another theme found among many of the contributors.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e -Michael McGarry, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This collection provides a very valuable resource for anyone who teaches courses on the historical Jesus as well as those who are interested in furthering their own understanding about Jesus’ Jewish identity and context. The book will be helpful not only for those who teach in a range of different institutions and at different levels, but also for those who teach adult education courses in churches, synagogues or in the general community.'\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cem\u003eAdele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This fine collection of essays brough\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Jesus in Undergraduate Education \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Teaching Jewish Studies, Hebrew Scriptures and the Historical Jesus in the Context of Jewish Studies at a Two-Year Public College: Rationale, Objectives, Evaluation \u003ci\u003eZev Garber\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Untangling Myths and Misconceptions: A Narrative of the Undergraduate Classroom \u003cem\u003eRochelle L. Millen \u003c\/em\u003e3. Jesus \"in the Trenches\": Pedagogical Challenges Posed by Teaching the Nazarene in the Context of Judaic Studies \u003ci\u003eKen Hanson \u003c\/i\u003e4. Teaching Jesus at the University of Alabama \u003ci\u003eSteven Leonard Jacobs \u003c\/i\u003e5 Teaching about Jesus in a Catholic University \u003ci\u003eRichard L. Libowitz \u003c\/i\u003e6. Teaching about Jesus and Early Christianity at US Rabbinic Schools \u003ci\u003eJoel Gereboff \u003c\/i\u003e7. The Jewish Jesus: An Evaluation after Three Years \u003ci\u003eHerbert W. Basser \u003c\/i\u003e8. Dialogue as Integral to Teaching about the Jewish Jesus \u003ci\u003eJames F. Moore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoseph Edelheit \u003c\/i\u003e9. Between the Literary and the Historical Jesus: Teaching the Modern Jewish Writers’ Jesus \u003ci\u003eNeta Stahl \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Some Issues in Teaching Jesus \u003c\/b\u003e10. Jesus the Jew: Who Says So? \u003ci\u003eNorman Simms \u003c\/i\u003e11. Reflections on a Course: ‘Judaism and Early Christianity: The Parting of the Ways’—When? Where? Why? \u003cem\u003eLeonard Greenspoon \u003c\/em\u003e12 Typical Christian Misunderstandings of Jesus and Judaism \u003ci\u003eEugene J. Fisher \u003c\/i\u003e13 Teaching Jesus in a Halakhic Jewish Setting in Israel: Kosher, Treif or Pareve? \u003ci\u003eJoshua Schwartz \u003c\/i\u003e14. Jewish Artists and the Perception of the Crucifixion \u003ci\u003eNathan Harpaz \u003c\/i\u003e15. Jesus on Film: Cinema as a Tool in the Discovery of the Jewish Jesus \u003ci\u003ePenny Wheeler \u003c\/i\u003e16. Gravitating to Luke's Historical Jesus: Help or Hindrance? \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Cook \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: Teaching Views on Jesus \u003c\/b\u003e17. Jesus, the Pharisees, and Mediterranean Manliness \u003ci\u003eS. Scott Bartchy \u003c\/i\u003e18. Jesus as Sadducee and Pharisee: Teaching the Teacher in the Gospel of Mark \u003ci\u003ePeter Zaas \u003c\/i\u003e19. Jesus as a Seditionist: The Intertwining of Politics and Religion in His Teaching and Deeds \u003ci\u003eFernando Bermejo-Rubio \u003c\/i\u003e20. Was Jesus a Pharisee? And Does it Matter? \u003ci\u003eJohn Pawlikowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371705966935,"sku":"9780367738891","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-the-historical-jesus-9780367738891","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}