In this, Geza Vermes' best known book, there emerges perhaps the closest portrayal that we have of a genuinely historical Jesus. Freed from the weight and onus of Christian doctrine or Jewish animus, Jesus here appears as a vividly human, yet profoundly misunderstood, figure, thoroughly grounded and contextualised within the extraordinary intellectual and cultural cross currents of his day. Jesus the Jew is a remarkable portrait by a brilliant scholar writing at the height of his powers, informed by insights from the New Testament, Jewish literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls alike.
- ISBN10 0907443087
- ISBN13 9780907443087
- Publish Date December 1974 (first published 20 August 1973)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 May 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Liberal Jewish Synagogue
- Format Paperback
- Pages 14
- Language English