Jesus and the Pharisees
A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation. This facilitates reference, and it makes possible group and seminar discussion of docum...
| Summary: | A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation. This facilitates reference, and it makes possible group and seminar discussion of documents which have hitherto been difficult to study in English. As in his book The Targums and Rabbinic Literature Mr Bowker makes available and accessible to students material which tends to be removed from them by language and technicality. In his introduction he explains the many problems and uncertainties which surround this apparently well-known but actually little-understood group. He shows that they were far from constituting a static, uniform sect, and that they had an important history of their own. He finally suggests an approach to understanding Jesus' relations with them, which in turn suggests an understanding of Jesus' conception of his own relation to God, and also of his 'trial'. The problems of identifying the Pharisees -- The emergence and development of the Hakamic movement -- Divisions among the Hakamim -- Jesus and the Pharisaioi -- The offence and trial of Jesus -- Controversies against Sadducees and/or Boethusians. Translations : Josephus -- Mishnah -- Tosefta -- Babylonian Talmud -- Palestinian Talmud -- Other rabbinic works -- Megillath Ta'anith -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Apocryphal works |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511554877 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511554872 |