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{en} Magnus Zetterholm, and Anders Runesson (eds.), Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Lexington Books / Fortress Academic: 2023.

"This book charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period in order to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are “within Judaism,” as well as exploring how rabbinic Jews, Christians, and Muslims have negotiated and renegotiated what Judaism is and is not in order to form their own identities. Belief in Jesus as the Messiah was seen as part of first-century Judaism, but by the fourth or fifth century, the boundaries had shifted and adherence to Jesus came to be seen as outside of Judaism. Resituating New Testament texts within first- or second-century Judaism is an historical exercise that may broaden our view of what Judaism looked like in the early centuries CE, but normatively these texts remain within Christianity because of their reception history. The historical “within Judaism” perspective, however, has the potential to challenge and reshape the theology of contemporary Christianity while at the same time the long-held consensus that belief in Jesus cannot belong within Judaism is again challenged by the modern Messianic Jewish movement."

Contents

Part I. The “Within Judaism” Perspective: What’s at Stake?

• 1. The “Within Judaism” Perspective: Why Does It Matter? / Magnus Zetterholm

• 2. What Does “Within Judaism” Mean? Some Thoughts on Method, History, and Theology / Anders Runesson

• 3. What’s in a Label? “Jews,” “Judaism,” and “Jewish” in the Study of Antiquity / Adele Reinhartz

• 4. What’s in a Translation? / Mark D. Nanos

• 5. Gender, Judaism, and the Jesus Movement: What Change Does “Within” Bring? / Kathy Ehrensperger

• 6. Attending to Power: “Within Judaism” Scholarship and the Erasure of History / Neil Elliott

Part II. The First and Second Centuries: Reading New Testament Texts Within Judaism

• 7. Paul Within Judaism / Paula Fredriksen

• 8. Mark Within Judaism / John Van Maaren

• 9. Matthew Within Judaism / Matthias Konradt

• 10. Luke Within Judaism / Joshua Paul Smith and Matthew Thiessen

• 11. Acts Within Judaism / Isaac W. Oliver

• 12. John Within Judaism / Wally V. Cirafesi

• 13. Revelation Within Judaism / Ralph J. Korner

• 14. James Within Judaism / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr

Part III. From the Third Century to the Rise of Islam: New Boundaries Emerge

• 15. Jesus Within Third- and Fourth-Century Judaism: The Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions 1.27–71 and the Homilies / Karin Hedner Zetterholm

• 16. 2 Enoch Within Judaism? Erudite Eclecticism in Late Antiquity / Grant Macaskill

• 17. Augustine on Jesus and Paul Within Judaism / Paula Fredriksen

• 18. John Chrysostom Draws a Line / Michele Murray

• 19. Within Israel: A Rabbinic Perspective / Adiel Schremer

• 20. What Falls Within Judaism According to the Quran? Q5 Sūrat al-Māʾida 44–47 as Critique of Mishnah Avot 1:1 / Holger Zellentin

• 21. Judaism Within Islam? Jews and Judaism in Early Islamic Sources / Mohammed Ahmed

Part IV. Present-Day Judaism and Christianity

• 22. “Within Judaism” in Contemporary Jewish Life / Elliot N. Dorff

• 23. Can Jesus as Messiah Find a Place Within Twenty-First Century Judaism? The Messianic Jewish Challenge / Mark S. Kinzer and Jennifer M. Rosner

• 24. What Does “Within Judaism” Mean for Catholic Christians Today? Philip A. Cunningham

• 25. What Does the “Within Judaism” Perspective Mean for Protestant Christians Today? / William S. Campbell and Kathy Ehrensperger

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