Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Jesus In The TalmudISBN13:9780691143187ISBN10:0691143188Author:Schafer, Peter (Author)Description:Scattered Throughout The Talmud, The Founding Document Of Rabbinic Judaism In Late Antiquity, Can Be Found Quite A Few References To Jesus--And They're Not Flattering In This Lucid, Richly Detailed, And Accessible Book, Peter Sch Fer Examines How The Rabbis Of The Talmud Read, Understood, And Used The New Testament Jesus Narrative To Assert, Ultimately, Judaism's Superiority Over Christianity The Talmudic Stories Make Fun Of Jesus' Birth From A Virgin, Fervently Contest His Claim To Be The Messiah And Son Of God, And Maintain That He Was Rightfully Executed As A Blasphemer And Idolater They Subvert The Christian Idea Of Jesus' Resurrection And Insist He Got The Punishment He Deserved In Hell--And That A Similar Fate Awaits His Followers Sch Fer Contends That These Stories Betray A Remarkable Familiarity With The Gospels--Especially Matthew And John--And Represent A Deliberate And Sophisticated Anti-Christian Polemic That Parodies The New Testament Narratives He Carefully Distinguishes Between Babylonian And Palestinian Sources, Arguing That The Rabbis' Proud And Self-Confident Countermessage To That Of The Evangelists Was Possible Only In The Unique Historical Setting Of Persian Babylonia, In A Jewish Community That Lived In Relative Freedom The Same Could Not Be Said Of Roman And Byzantine Palestine, Where The Christians Aggressively Consolidated Their Political Power And The Jews Therefore Suffered A Departure From Past Scholarship, Which Has Played Down The Stories As Unreliable Distortions Of The Historical Jesus, Jesus In The Talmud Posits A Much More Deliberate Agenda Behind These Narratives Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:PRINCETON UNIV PRPublication Date:2009-09-01Weight:0.75 lbsDimensions:0.6'' H x 9.1'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:230Language:English