The Misunderstood Jew

The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus

Recommended by Nicholas King, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #98 in Judaism

In the The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth-telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other. less

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Nicholas King Most educated Christians nowadays would accept her points about anti-Judaism in Christianity, but we’re not really sufficiently aware of how much persecution of Jews has gone on in our name. We still need to resist that. You often find people casually making anti-Jewish remarks who are Christians and she’s committed to educating them and she can do that because she is Jewish and she loves the New Testament. (Source)


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