What Crucified Jesus? (1984 Rivkin), book

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What Crucified Jesus? Messianism, Pharisaism, and the development of Christianity (1984) is a book by Ellis Rivkin.

Abstract

"This landmark book by noted scholar Dr. Ellis Rivkin examines the legacy of the Gospels, which traditionally assigned the responsibility for the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus to the Jewish people. Included are further essays that shed light on the interaction of Jews and Christians in the years of the early church."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Abingdon Press, 1984. Reprinted in London: SCM Press, 1986; New York, NY: UAHC Press, 1997.

Table of contents

• 1. What Crucified Jesus?
  • Who Crucified Jesus?
  • Render unto Caesar: In Rome's Imperial Grip
  • Render unto God: The Mosaic of Judaism
  • From Out of the Depths They Cried
  • In the Likeness of the Son of Man
  • Jesus, King of the Jews
  • What Crucified Jesus?
• 2. Locating John the Baptist in Palestinian Judaism: The Political Dimension
• 3. As to the Law a Pharisee: Paul's Roots in Rabbinic Judaism
• 4. Anti-Semitism in the New Testament
• 5. A Jew Looks at the New Testament
• 6. The Meaning of Messiah in Jewish Thought

External links

• Google Books (partial text)