Contesting Texts: Jews And Christians in Conversation ...

Book Description:
Themes explored include: biblical authority, texts of violence, tradition, identity and the other, common hope. Contributors include: David Novak, Barbara Rossing, Steven Weitzman, Hindy Naiman, Ralph Klein, Barbara Bowe, Larry Edwards, Sarah Tanzer, Walter Brueggemann, Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, and David Sandmel.

A balanced and welcome contribution to religious studies shelves.:
Contesting Texts: Jews and Christians in Conversation about the Bible assembles essays by experienced historians and theologians, discussing how the Bible has served both as a means of connection and instigation to conflict between Christians and Jews. Seeking mutual respect through open and honest dialogue, Contesting Texts explores topics such as "The Problematic Portrayal of 'the Jews' and Judaism in the Gospel of John", "Apocalyptic Violence and Politics", "Unbinding Isaac: Martyrdom and Its Exegetical Alternatives" and much more. A balanced and welcome contribution to religious studies shelves. "The humanly irreconcilable difference between Jews and Christians will not be settled until God redeems the entire world as promised in Scripture. Christians know and serve God through Jesus Christ and the Christian tradition. Jews know and serve God through Torah and the Jewish tradition. That difference will not be settled by one community insisting that it has interpreted Scripture more accurately than the other... Neither Jew nor Christian should be pressed into affirming the teaching of the other community."