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A Rabbi Talks with Jesus: An intermillennial, interfaith exchange (1993) is a book by Jacob Neusner.

Abstract

Placing himself within the context of the Gospel of Matthew, Neusner imagines himself in a dialogue with Jesus of Nazareth and pays him the supreme Judaic gesture of respect: making a connection with him through an honest debate about the nature of God's One Truth. Neusner explains why the Sermon on the Mount would not have convinced him to follow Jesus and why, by the criterion of the Torah of Moses, he would have continued to follow the teachings of Moses. He explores the reasons Christians believe in Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven, while Jews continue to believe in the Torah of Moses and a kingdom of priests and holy people on earth. This revised and expanded edition, with a foreword by Donald Akenson, creates a thoughtful and accessible context for discussion of the most fundamental question of why Christians and Jews believe what they believe.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Doubleday, 1993.

Translations

• En Rabbi samtalar med Jesus = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (1994 Neusner / Hörnlund), book (Swedish ed.)

• Um rabino conversa com Jesus = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (1994 Neusner / Alcides), book (Portuguese ed.)

• Disputa immaginaria tra un rabbino e Gesù = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (1996 Neusner / Bianchi), book (Italian ed.)

• Ein Rabbi spricht mit Jesus = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (1997 Neusner / Miedler, Heinemann), book (German ed.)

• Rabín mluví s Jezísem = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (2008 Neusner / Dolezalová), book (Czech ed.)

• Rabin razgovara s Isusom = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (2010 Neusner / Vucetic), book (Croatian ed.)

• Rabin rozmawia z Jezusem = A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (2010 Neusner / Wojtasik), book (Polish ed.)

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