DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Symbolic Jesus

Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity

William E Arnal author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Mar '05

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

The Symbolic Jesus cover

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.

"Arnal skillfully argues that historical scholarship is always about the present. Yet Arnal is no debunker; he also argues that the contemporary implications of a scholar's work count neither for nor against its validity as historical scholarship. This book is concise, lucid and insightful. Highly recommended." - Religious Studies Review

ISBN: 9781845530075

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 240g

106 pages