Beschreibung:
William Arnal is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
This volume addresses the current scholarly controversies that have erupted in the last 20 or so years over the implications of the Judaism of Jesus.
1. Introduction: Mad Mel and the Cultural Prominence of Jesus; 2. Bad Karma: Anti-Semitism in New Testament Scholarship; 3. A Manufactured Controversy: Why the "Jewish Jesus" is a Red Herring; 4. The Jewish Jesus and Contemporary Identity; 5. Conclusions