Bridging between sister religions : studies of Jewish and Christian scriptures offered in honor of Prof. John T. Townsend / edited by Isaac Kalimi.

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TextSeries: Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 51.Publisher: Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (i, 340 pages)Content type:

text

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9789004324541
9004324542

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bridging between sister religions.DDC classification:

220.6 23

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BM535 .B727 2016

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Contents:

List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part 1 The Man and the Book; Chapter 1 An Introduction; Chapter 2 Biography and Bibliography of John T. Townsend; Part 2 Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation; Chapter 3 Divine Vulnerability: Reflections on the Binding of Issac (Genesis 22); Chapter 4 Shifting Emphasis: Examples of Early and Modern Reception of the Book of Amos; Chapter 5 Interpreting the Writing on the Wall in Daniel 5; Part 3 New Testament and Its Interpretation; Chapter 6 The Jewishness of the Gospel of Mark.

Chapter 13 The Binding Fragments of Midrash Tanhuma (Buber) from the Municipal Library of TrierPart 5 Jewish-Christian Relationship; Chapter 14 "We Love the God Who Loved Us First": The Second Blessing of the Shema Liturgy; Chapter 15 Jewish Mysticism, Nostra Aetate and Renewal in Judaism and Christianity; Chapter 16 Hanukkah and Community Identity in 1-2 Maccabees and John; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture.

Summary: This volume is a collection of fresh essays in honor of Professor John T. Townsend. It focuses on the interpretation of the common Jewish and Christian Scripture (the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament) and on its two off-shoots (Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament), as well as on Jewish-Christian relations. The contributors, who are prominent scholars in their fields, include James L. Crenshaw, Göran Eidevall, Anne E. Gardner, Lawrence M. Wills, Cecilia Wassen, Robert L. Brawley, Joseph B. Tyson, Eldon J. Epp, Yaakov Elman, Rivka Ulmer, Andreas Lehnardt, Reuven Kimelman, Bruce Chilton, and Michael W. Duggan.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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880-01 List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part 1 The Man and the Book; Chapter 1 An Introduction; Chapter 2 Biography and Bibliography of John T. Townsend; Part 2 Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation; Chapter 3 Divine Vulnerability: Reflections on the Binding of Issac (Genesis 22); Chapter 4 Shifting Emphasis: Examples of Early and Modern Reception of the Book of Amos; Chapter 5 Interpreting the Writing on the Wall in Daniel 5; Part 3 New Testament and Its Interpretation; Chapter 6 The Jewishness of the Gospel of Mark.

This volume is a collection of fresh essays in honor of Professor John T. Townsend. It focuses on the interpretation of the common Jewish and Christian Scripture (the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament) and on its two off-shoots (Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament), as well as on Jewish-Christian relations. The contributors, who are prominent scholars in their fields, include James L. Crenshaw, Göran Eidevall, Anne E. Gardner, Lawrence M. Wills, Cecilia Wassen, Robert L. Brawley, Joseph B. Tyson, Eldon J. Epp, Yaakov Elman, Rivka Ulmer, Andreas Lehnardt, Reuven Kimelman, Bruce Chilton, and Michael W. Duggan.

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