Jesus and the Judaism of His Time

The main aim of this work is to understand Jesus as he saw himself, and to compare that self-understanding with the ways in which others have grasped the nature of his mission.

Irving M. Zeitlin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Judaism in the Time of Jesus	p. 1
The Unifying Principles	p. 3
Varieties of Jewish Religious Experience	p. 11
The Pharisees	p. 11
The Sadducees	p. 21
The Essenes	p. 24
The Essenes and the Qumran Community	p. 27
Zealots and Sicarii	p. 29
The Messianic Idea in Israel	p. 38
Messianism and False Prophets	p. 42
Jesus of Nazareth: Charismatic Religious Virtuoso	p. 45
Jesus the Pious Palestinian Jew	p. 47
Is Matthew Untrustworthy Where the Law is Concerned?	p. 52
James the Brother of Jesus	p. 56
Jesus' Distinctive Religious Virtuosity	p. 61
Jesus in the Synagogues	p. 64
Jesus in the Gospel According to John	p. 66
Jesus and the Torah (the Law)	p. 73
The Sabbath	p. 73
Dietary Laws (Kashrut) and Hygiene	p. 77
The Issue of Divorce	p. 80
Who was the First Evangelist?	p. 85
Additional Questions about the Marcan Priority Thesis	p. 95
Jesus' Originality and Creative Genius	p. 99
The Am Ha-aretz	p. 102
The Beatitudes	p. 109
The Lord's Prayer	p. 111
Jesus' Parables	p. 112
The Kingdom of Heaven and the Role of the Messiah	p. 115
Jesus and the 'Son of Man'	p. 121
The Question of Bethlehem	p. 125
The Road to Golgotha	p. 127
Jesus the Revolutionary?	p. 129
Jesus and the Zealots	p. 130
The 'Cleansing of the Temple'	p. 149
The Arrest, Trial and Execution	p. 152
More on the Reimarus--Eisler--Brandon Thesis	p. 157
'Not this man, but Barabbas'	p. 161
The Resurrection Appearance	p. 163
The First Christians	p. 168
Enter Saul (Paul) of Tarsus	p. 171
The Apostolic Council	p. 175
Paul's Reinterpretation of Jesus' Teaching	p. 176
A Fence Around the Law	p. 183
Notes	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 202
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