Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus

Name: Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus
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ISBN: 9780226329598

ISBN-10: 0226329593

ISBN-13: 9780226329598

Edition: 1998

Authors: Susannah Heschel

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Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When he argued the latter based on the New Testament, Abraham Geiger ignited an intense debate that began in nineteenth-century Germany but continues to this day. Geiger, a pioneer of Reform Judaism and a founder of Jewish studies, developed a Jewish version of Christian origins. He contended that Jesus was a member of the Pharisees, a progressive and liberalizing group within first-century Judaism, and that he taught nothing new or original. This argument enraged German Protestant theologians, some of whom produced a tragic counterargument based on racial theory. In this fascinating book, Susannah Heschel traces the genesis…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/11/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 6.61" wide x 8.90" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Reversing the Gaze



The Creation of a Historical Theologian



Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Prelude of Revisionist Configurations



Reconceiving Early Judaism



D. F. Strauss




The Jewish Jesus and the Protestant Flight from the Historical Jesus



From Jesus to Christianity: Geiger on the Postapostolic Era



Fixing the Theological Gaze: The Reception of Geiger's Work


Conclusion


Notes


Index