The Jewish Annotated New Testament
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190461853 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 856 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rhodes and Leona B. Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and SciencesMarc Zvi Brettler is Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor in Judai
This book is a disciplined work of clarification and illumination." --Marilynne Robinson, Wall Street Journal . Praise for the first edition: "A magnificent achievement The Jewish Annotated New Testament is a marvelously bounteous compilation." --Commonweal"An admirable piece of scholarship Much contemporary writing on Scripture is faddish or tendentious
· Annotations on the text--some revised, some new to this edition--provide verse-by-verse commentary.· The thirty essays from the first edition are thoroughly updated, and there are twenty-four new essays, on topics such as "Mary in Jewish Tradition," "Christology," and "Messianic Judaism."· For Christian readers The Jewish Annotated New Testament offers a window into the first-century world of Judaism from which the New Testament springs. In this new edition, eighty Jewish scholars bring together unparalleled scholarship to shed new light on the text. This thoroughly revised and greatly expanded second edition brings even more helpful information and new insights to the study of the New Testament.·