The How Judaism and Christianity Shaped Each Other Schäfer, Peter. creator text Electronic books. nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (368 p.) In late antiquity, as Christianity emerged from Judaism, it was not only the new religion that was being influenced by the old. The rise and revolutionary challenge of Christianity also had a profound influence on rabbinic Judaism, which was itself just emerging and, like Christianity, trying to shape its own identity. In The Jewish Jesus, Peter Schäfer reveals the crucial ways in which various Jewish heresies, including Christianity, affected the development of rabbinic Judaism. He even shows that some of the ideas that the rabbis appropriated from Christianity were actually reappropriated Je. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Different Names of God; Offerings; Creation; R. Simlai's Collection of Dangerous Bible Verses; The Bavli Collection; R. Simlai and Christianity; 2 The Young and the Old God; 3 God and David; Aqiva in the Bavli; The David Apocalypse; David in Dura Europos; 4 God and Metatron; Rav Idith and the Heretics; Metatron the Great Scribe; The Celestial High Priest; The Prince of the World; The Instructor of Schoolchildren in Heaven; Two Powers in Heaven; Akatriel; Metatron in Babylonia. Metatron and Christianity5 Has God a Father, a Son, or a Brother?; 6 The Angels; When Were the Angels Created?; God's Consultation with the Angels; Angels and Revelation; Veneration of Angels; 7 Adam; 8 The Birth of the Messiah, or Why Did Baby Messiah Disappear?; The Arab; Elijah; The Messiah; The Mother of the Messiah; Christianity; 9 The Suffering Messiah Ephraim; Pisqa 34; Pisqa 36; Pisqa 37; Christianity; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. Christianity and other religions Judaism History Judaism Relations Christianity History Messiah History of doctrines Religion Judaism Relations Christianity History Christianity and other religions Judaism History Messiah History of doctrines RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology BM535 .S268 2012 232.90609015 Schäfer, Peter Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012 9781400842285 (electronic bk.) 140084228X (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=860533 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=434951 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=860533 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=434951 EBLCP 120220 20200709055458.0 ocn777375442 eng