Jesus and Judaism

How is it possible that Jesus lived totally within Judaism and at the same time was the origin of a movement that separated from it? "The purpose of this book," writes Ed Parish Sanders, "is to investigate two interrelated questions about Jesus: his purpose and his relationships with his contemporaries within the framework of Judaism. These two questions immediately lead us to two others: the cause of his death (did his intentions imply such an opposition to Judaism that it would lead to his death?) and the impulse that motivated the rise of Christianity (did the split between the Christian movement and Judaism originate in a historical confrontation between Jesus and Judaism?)" Sanders carefully recapitulates the extensive literature on the historical Jesus and provides a critical and solidly documented reading of his relations with the Judaism of his time, beginning with Jesus' eschatology in the context of the restoration of Israel, continuing with his proposal of the Kingdom, and ending with the study of the conflict with his adversaries and the causes of his death.

ISBN: 9788498799736
Pages: 544
Hardcover Edition