The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine

The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine

New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine's career has been dedicated to helping Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus, so appreciation of Him is deepened and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place as a result. In The Misunderstood Jew, Levine shows how Christians misunderstand Judaism in general, misunderstand the New Testament in particular, and thus yank Jesus out of his Jewish context--resulting in the intolerance (and sometimes outright hatred) of Jews.

Only with the deeper understanding that this Jewish, Southern-born New Testament scholar provides can we hope to respect each other's beliefs, as well as enrich our own. Levine's truth-telling in this book will provoke honest conversation and debate about how Chirtians and Jews should understand Jesus, the Gospels, and our New Testament heritage.