Bridging between sister religions : studies of Jewish and Christian scriptures offered in honor of Prof. John T. Townsend /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (i, 340 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	The Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; VOLUME 51 Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 51.
Subject:	Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. Christianity. Interfaith relations. Judaism. Rabbinical literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016772

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Other authors / contributors:	Townsend, John T., honouree. Kalimi, Isaac, editor.
ISBN:	9789004324541 9004324542 9789004324534
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2016).
Summary:	This volume is a collection of fresh essays in honor of Professor John T. Townsend. It focuses on the interpretation of the common Jewish and Christian Scripture (the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament) and on its two off-shoots (Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament), as well as on Jewish-Christian relations. The contributors, who are prominent scholars in their fields, include James L. Crenshaw, Göran Eidevall, Anne E. Gardner, Lawrence M. Wills, Cecilia Wassen, Robert L. Brawley, Joseph B. Tyson, Eldon J. Epp, Yaakov Elman, Rivka Ulmer, Andreas Lehnardt, Reuven Kimelman, Bruce Chilton, and Michael W. Duggan.
Other form:	Print version: Bridging between sister religions. Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004324534

Table of Contents:

List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part 1 The Man and the Book; Chapter 1 An Introduction; Chapter 2 Biography and Bibliography of John T. Townsend; Part 2 Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation; Chapter 3 Divine Vulnerability: Reflections on the Binding of Issac (Genesis 22); Chapter 4 Shifting Emphasis: Examples of Early and Modern Reception of the Book of Amos; Chapter 5 Interpreting the Writing on the Wall in Daniel 5; Part 3 New Testament and Its Interpretation; Chapter 6 The Jewishness of the Gospel of Mark.
Chapter 13 The Binding Fragments of Midrash Tanhuma (Buber) from the Municipal Library of TrierPart 5 Jewish-Christian Relationship; Chapter 14 "We Love the God Who Loved Us First": The Second Blessing of the Shema Liturgy; Chapter 15 Jewish Mysticism, Nostra Aetate and Renewal in Judaism and Christianity; Chapter 16 Hanukkah and Community Identity in 1-2 Maccabees and John; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture.

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