File:1993 * Vermes.jpg

The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1993) is a book by Géza Vermès.

Abstract

"This book completes a remarkable trilogy... The basic premise on which the project is founded is that a careful and impartial reconstruction of Jesus' Jewish background is an essential preliminary to any reconstruction of Jesus himself."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in London: SCM Press, 1993 and in Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.

Translations

• A Religião de Jesus, o judeu = The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1995 Vermès / Spira), book (Portuguese ed.)

• La religión de Jesús el judío = The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1996 Vermès / Alvarez Flórez), book (Spanish ed.)

• A zsidó Jézus vallása = The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1999 Vermès), book (Hungarian ed.)

• La religione di Gesù l'ebreo = The Religion of Jesus the Jew (2002 Vermès), book (Italian ed.)

Table of contents

• 1. Jesus the Jew and His Gospel
• 2. Jesus and the Law: The Judaism of Jesus
• 3. Jesus the Teacher: Scriptural and Charismatic Authority
• 4. Proverbs and Parables
• 5. Jesus and the Kingdom of God
• 6. 'Abba, Father': The God of Jesus
• 7. Jesus the Religious Man
• 8. The Religion of Jesus and Christianity

External links

• Google Books (partial text)