Reluctant Parting How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book

Name: Reluctant Parting How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book
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ISBN: 9780060596361

ISBN-10: 0060596368

ISBN-13: 9780060596361

Edition: 2005

Authors: Julie Galambush

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Peeling away centuries of misinterpretation, The Reluctant Parting tells the painful story of how the New Testament authors fought - ultimately in vain - to preserve their legitimacy as members of the Jewish community. Biblical scholar Julie Galambush, a former Baptist minister who converted to Judaism, reveals the diversity within first-century Judaism and how an intra-Jewish debate about what it means to be Jewish included the followers of Jesus as one Jewish sect among many. Although other books have demonstrated the Jewishness of Jesus, none has grappled with the implications of the New Testament authors' identity as Jews. What would it mean to read this Christian scripture as it…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/8/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant. She has co-authored several books along with Dick Morris including Condi vs. Hillary, Rewriting History, Because He Could, Revolt! How to Defeat Obama, Repeal His Socialist Programs, and Here Come the Black Helicopters!: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom. McGann and Morris write weekly columns for the New York Post and FoxNews.com.Julie Galambush is an associate professor of religious studies at The College of William and Mary. She holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies from Emory University and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. Formerly an ordained American Baptist minister, Galambush is a convert to Judaism and a member…



Foreword


Introduction


Beginnings: From Jewish Sect to Gentile Religion


The Jewish World in the First Century C.E.


Jesus


Parting of the Ways: Judaism and Christianity


The Origins of the New Testament


The Order of the New Testament Canon


The Synoptic Gospels


The Gospel According to Mark


The Gospel According to Matthew


The Gospel According to Luke


The Acts of the Apostles


The Letters of Paul


First Thessalonians


Second Thessalonians


First Corinthians


Second Corinthians


Galatians


Philippians


Philemon


Colossians


Ephesians


Romans


The Pastoral Epistles: 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus


Second Timothy


First Timothy


Titus


Additional Letters


The Letter to the Hebrews


James


First Peter


Second Peter


Jude


The Writings of the Johannine Communities


The Gospel According to John


First, Second, and Third John


Revelation


Epilogue: The Image of the Jew in Christian Scripture


Acknowledgments


Suggested Further Reading


Index