| Description |
xiii, 261 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261). |
| Contents |
What is a messiah? -- A miraculous birth? -- A homicidal Jewish king -- A maverick mentor -- The message and the messenger -- A program for Jewish renewal -- A master of metaphor -- Continuity and discontinuity -- Anger, adultery, and divorce -- Opposing evil without emulating it -- The most challenging practice -- The Lord's Prayer -- True treasure, true vision, and true worth -- A golden rule and a narrow path -- Teaching with authority and healing -- Those wonderful Romans! -- Redeemer or reminder? -- Sin as paralysis -- The wrong sort of people -- How new is this wine? -- Good news? -- Enemies at the door -- A challenging kind of peace -- Mixed messages -- Jeshu the lawbreaker? -- Those terrible Pharisees! -- Jews seek signs -- What makes us unclean? -- Identity issues -- Jeshu the rabble-rouser? -- Jews as rotten tenants -- A damning diatribe -- Christianity's greatest lie -- A final meal -- The unbearable curse -- Worse than liars. |
| Subject |
Bible. Matthew -- Commentaries.
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Jesus Christ -- Teachings.
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Jesus Christ -- Jewishness.
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Christianity and other religions -- Judaism.
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Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Jews in the New Testament.
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| Added Author |
Bernstein, Laura, 1947-
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| ISBN |
159473139X paperback |
| Standard No. |
9781594731396 |
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