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A Modern Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John: Jesus, God, “the Jews,” and the Devil
A Modern Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John: Jesus, God, “the Jews,” and the Devil
A Modern Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John: Jesus, God, “the Jews,” and the Devil
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Did Jesus really call the Jews of his day children of the devil?
Would he label Jews of today the same way?
Did the Jews kill Jesus and then violently expel from the synagogue anyone who accepted him as a promised Messiah?
The Christian church has found answers to these and other similar questions in the Gospel of John. But Jewish readers are justifiably offended by many of John's answers.
The eleven essays offered here present facts everyone should know. They are written by a modern Jewish scholar responding to troubling questions about John raised over a period of more than forty years by his university students, by congregants in synagogues he has served as spiritual guide (rabbi), and by Christian colleagues with whom he has worked throughout his long career.
Designed to engage thoughtful readers from every religious background, these essays encourage questions and suggest plausible answers to the problems in John by illustrating the difference between the answers of John and the facts of history. They also compare John's Jesus with the teachings of the modern church about the treatment of "others," love for all humanity, and the wholeness of body and spirit.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 8, 2022
ISBN9781666797022
A Modern Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John: Jesus, God, “the Jews,” and the Devil
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Charles David Isbell

Charles David Isbell holds four university degrees, including a PhD from Brandeis University. During his fifty-year career (University of Massachusetts, Ecumenical Theological Seminary [Detroit], Louisiana State University), Isbell has taught Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Aramaic, and Akkadian; Bible (history, literature, theology), rabbinic thought, and anti-Semitism.  He has published 250+ journal and encyclopedia articles and ten books, including How Jews and Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts (Resource Publications). For more information, see cdisbell.online and LivingLargeLate.com.

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