It is widely accepted that Jesus was a Jew. However, both Christian and New Testament scholarship have a strong anti-Jewish history. 'The Symbolic Jesus' presents the controversies surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus. It examines the insistence among historical Jesus scholars that Jesus was a Jew and the ways this frames the figure of Jesus in ancient Christian literature. The book examines the anti-Jewish legacy of the past and more recent approaches to biblical scholarship. Contemporary identity issues - scholarly, political, religious and cultural - are shown to lie at the heart of the debate.
- ISBN10 1845530063
- ISBN13 9781845530068
- Publish Date 1 March 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English