Jewish Readings of Paul

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Blackwell Companion to Paul|The Blackwell Companion to Paul
Place of PublicationMalden, MA
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pages455-471
Number of pages16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2011

Keywords

  • Awakening of Jewish interest in Paul - in the Modern Period
  • Jewish comprehension of Christianity - its relations to the Jews, shifting from a traditional, providential perspective to a historicist, rationalist one
  • Jewish readings of Paul
  • Paul and Jewish criticism of Christianity - utilizing Paul as part of a wider program, stressing differences between Judaism and Christianity
  • Paul and Jewish interest - in improving interfaith relations
  • Paul as a Dialogical Partner - for Jewish self-understanding
  • Paul, intersection of Jewish and Christian cultures - symbiotic relationship, Judaism and Christianity, and between Jewish and Christian religious cultures
  • Paul, introducing innovations with regard to festivals and the law - tracing back to earlier Jewish writings
  • Premodern Jewish views of Paul, of the medieval Toledot Yeshu or Story of Jesus - the apostle Paul, being not only responsible for establishment of Christianity
  • Wise's hypothesis, and exclusive dependence - upon the Talmud, unique among Jewish writers on Paul

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