Ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is also a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and Life Member of Clare Hall at Cambridge University, England.

• 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Karl-Johan Illman ("Kalle"), June 27, 1936 to December 20, 2002: A MemoirChapter 3 EulogyChapter 4 Karl Johan Illman: PublicationsChapter 5 Masoretic or Mixed: On Choosing a Textual Basis for Translation of the Hebrew BibleChapter 6 How Did the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. Influence the Development of Christianity?Chapter 7 Some Crime-and-Punishment ReportsChapter 8 Recovering Jesus' MamzerutChapter 9 Interconnectedness and Complementarity: Preconditions for an Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious DialogueChapter 10 Seeing the Other: Understanding and Dialogue in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious EncountersChapter 11 Philo and Classical DramaChapter 12 Typology and Pesher in the Letter of AristeasChapter 13 A Shadow of Things to Come: Isidore of Seville on Jewish Feast DaysChapter 14 Paul's Theology of "Righteousness Through Faith" in the Context of Tanak and Jewish Interpretive TraditionsChapter 15 Sin at Sinai: Three First Century VersionsChapter 16 The Three Phases of Jewish-Christian RelationsChapter 17 The Parable (Mashal): A Documentary ApproachChapter 18 Who Owns the Stage? Control and Affiliation in Dialogues Between Women and Men in the Hebrew BibleChapter 19 A Holocaust Survivor and the Bible: Viktor E. Frankl Reads the Psalter and JobChapter 20 True Man or True God? Christological Conceptions in Early ChristianityChapter 21 Religious Education and the Presentation of Judaism in Public Schools in NorwayChapter 22 Jews and Alien Religious Practices During the Hellenistic AgeChapter 23 Jewish-Christian Gospels: Which and How Many?Chapter 24 The Metaphoric Use of "Light" and "Darkness" in Some Biblical and Post-Biblical TraditionsChapter 25 Bible Interpretations: Use of Abuse? Debated Bible Passages and Jewish Christian RelationsChapter 26 Law and Wisdom: The Deuteronomistic Heritage in Ben Sira's Teaching of the Law