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Monday, May 5, 2014

Jewish-Christian Intersections Review of Jesus against the Scribal Elite—Chris Keith

Friend of the Jesus Blog Larry Behrendt has finished his series of reviews of Jesus against the Scribal Elite. He has posted his agreements and disagreements on his blog, Jewish-Christian Intersections, in parts one, two, three, and four. I've been able to give some brief responses as well. I'd like to thank Larry for his careful and considered reading of the book. Larry is by far the most insightful "lay" reader whom I have encountered (to the extent that I have trouble using this term for him, though he insists on it) and I'm honored that he took the time to work through the book on his blog, which is a hub for Jewish-Christian dialogue.

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LarryMay 5, 2014 at 11:22 AM
Chris, thank YOU for your thoughtful responses (brief? Hardly! But who am I to talk?). It is an amazing transformative experience, to engage a smart and talented historian in his work, and again online.
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AnonymousMay 8, 2014 at 6:41 AM
In my reading, Jesus' attacks on the scribes is one of the many self-deconstructive elements of the Bible.

Here we have a text, after all. Warning about the writers of texts.

- Dr. Woodbridge Goodman Ph.D.

It's a useful moment of honesty by the authors of the Bible, to be sure.
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James Crossley (PhD, Nottingham) is Professor of Bible, Society, and Politics at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London. In addition to most things historical Jesus, his interests typically concern Jewish law and the Gospels, the social history of biblical scholarship, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary politics and culture. He is co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Christine Jacobi studied protestant theology and art history in Berlin and Heidelberg. She is research associate at the chair of exegesis and theology of the New Testament and apocryphal writings. She completed her dissertation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2014. She is the author of Jesusüberlieferung bei Paulus? Analogien zwischen den echten Paulusbriefen und den synoptischen Evangelien (BZNW 213), Berlin: de Gruyter 2015. Christine Jacobi is a member of the „August-Boeckh-Antikezentrum“ and the „Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften“.

Chris Keith (PhD, Edinburgh) is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

Anthony Le Donne (PhD, Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary. He is the author/editor of seven books. He is the co-founder of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Sacred Texts Consultation and the co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Brant Pitre (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Among other works, he is the author of Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (Mohr-Siebeck/Baker Academic, 2005), and Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, 2015). He is particularly interested in the relationship between Jesus, Second Temple Judaism, and Christian origins.

Rafael Rodríguez (PhD, Sheffield) is Professor of New Testament at Johnson University. He has published a number of books and essays on social memory theory, oral tradition, the Jesus tradition, and the historical Jesus, as well as on Paul and Pauline tradition. He also serves as co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Jewish-Christian Intersections Review of Jesus against the Scribal Elite—Chris Keith

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