Hyam Maccoby (1924-2004), scholar

Hyam Maccoby (1924-2004) was a Jewish-British scholar.

Biography

Professor at the Leo Baeck Institute in London and at the Center of Jewish Studies of the University of Leeds. Editor of the Jewish Quarterly. Looked at Jesus as an orthodox Jew, while saw in the Hellenized Paul the true founder of Christianity.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Revolution in Judea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance (1973 Maccoby), book
  • Jesus und der jüdische Freiheitskampf = Revolution in Judea (1996 @1973 Maccoby / Hoevels), book (German ed.)
  • Revoliutsiia v Iudee: Iisus i evreiskoe soprotivlenie (2007 Maccoby), book (Russian ed.)

• The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity (1986 Maccoby), book
  • Der Mythenschmied: Paulus und die Erfindung des Christentums = The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity (2007 Maccoby / Hoevels), book (German ed.)
  • Kowal mitu: Święty Paweł i wynalazek chrześcijaństwa = The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity (2008 Maccoby / Hoevels, Wysocki), book (Polish ed.)

• Early Rabbinic Writings (1988 Maccoby), book

• Judaism in the First Century (1989 Maccoby), book

• Paul and Hellenism (1991 Maccoby), book

• Judas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil (1991 Maccoby), book

• Jesus the Pharisee (2003 Maccoby), book