Rabbinic literature & the New Testament

Alternate Titles

• Rabbinic literature and the New Testament.

Description

Here is a sustained criticism of the "rather facile use" of rabbinic literature by New Testament scholarship. In particular, Neusner addresses the writings of Helmut Koester, Samuel Sandmel, Reginald Fuller, Harvey Falk, Geza Vermes, E.P. Sanders, S.J.D. Cohen, Morton Smith, John P. Meier, and Brad H. Young. The book begins with a study of the characteristics of rabbinic literature and a demonstration of why this literature cannot be easily used for the kind of history New Testament scholarship proposes to produce. Then follow critiques of the writings by various New Testament scholars and the differences between Professor Neusner and his critics. A concluding section pays tribute to the New Testament field for all it has taught the author.

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Other Editions

• Rabbinic literature & the New Testament: what we cannot show, we do not knowTrinity Press International1994-01-01
• Rabbinic Literature and the New TestamentPaperbackWipf & Stock Publishers2004-01-01