Schäfer / Schafer The Jewish Jesus

How Judaism and Christianity Shaped Each Other
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4228-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schäfer, Peter

Schafer, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix

Acknowledgments xi

Abbreviations xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1. Different Names of God 21

Offerings 22

Creation 24

R. Simlai’s Collection of Dangerous Bible Verses 27

The Bavli Collection 37

R. Simlai and Christianity 42

Chapter 2. The Young and the Old God 55

Chapter 3. God and David 68

Aqiva in the Bavli 70

The David Apocalypse 85

David in Dura Europos 94

Chapter 4. God and Metatron 103

Rav Idith and the Heretics 104

Metatron the Great Scribe 115

The Celestial High Priest 116

The Prince of the World 123

The Instructor of Schoolchildren in Heaven 125

Two Powers in Heaven 127

Akatriel 131

Metatron in Babylonia 138

Metatron and Christianity 141

Chapter 5. Has God a Father, a Son, or a Brother? 150

Chapter 6. The Angels 160

When Were the Angels Created? 160

God’s Consultation with the Angels 165

Angels and Revelation 179

Veneration of Angels 188

Chapter 7. Adam 197

Chapter 8. The Birth of the Messiah, or Why Did Baby

Messiah Disappear? 214

The Arab 220

Elijah 222

The Messiah 223

The Mother of the Messiah 227

Christianity 228

Chapter 9. The Suffering Messiah Ephraim 236

Pisqa 34 238

Pisqa 36 242

Pisqa 37 261

Christianity 264

Notes 273

Bibliography 329

Index 343

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Schäfer is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of religion at Princeton University, where he directs the Program in Judaic Studies. His books include The Origins of Jewish Mysticism and Jesus in the Talmud (both Princeton). He received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2007.