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Jesus of Nazareth is the most famous Jew who ever lived, yet remains profoundly alienated from his own people. At best he is viewed as the founder of a new religion which for millennia was hostile to Judaism. At worst he is seen as the source of world itism, with the charge that the Jews were responsible for his death being the impetus for the murder of countless Jews throughout the ages. But the historical Jesus is also foreign to most Christians who are oblivious to the life he lived as a Jew, his real mission in ancient Judea, the source of most of his celebrated teachings, and his firm attachment to his people. Now, in a remarkable new book, the man universally known as 'America's ...

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Jesus of Nazareth is the most famous Jew who ever lived, yet remains profoundly alienated from his own people. At best he is viewed as the founder of a new religion which for millennia was hostile to Judaism. At worst he is seen as the source of world itism, with the charge that the Jews were responsible for his death being the impetus for the murder of countless Jews throughout the ages. But the historical Jesus is also foreign to most Christians who are oblivious to the life he lived as a Jew, his real mission in ancient Judea, the source of most of his celebrated teachings, and his firm attachment to his people. Now, in a remarkable new book, the man universally known as 'America's Rabbi' and whom Newsweek Magazine calls 'the most famous Rabbi in America,' best-selling author Shmuley Boteach offers us a breathtaking new view of Jesus, based on Jewish and Christian sources, that will serve as a bridge between two faith communities too long parted by this singular personality.

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In this informed and cogent primer on Jesus of Nazareth, Boteach, rabbi and author of the international bestseller Kosher Sex, takes a brave stab at re-evaluating Jesus through an intensive look at the New Testament and historical documents. In what is sure to be controversial, Boteach asserts that contradictions in the New Testament regarding who bears responsibility for Jesus’ crucifixion, Jesus’ feelings toward the Jews as well as issues like Jesus’ divinity and the question of Judas’ existence, prove that editors of early texts chose to distort that Jesus was, in fact, a beloved member of the Jewish community who rebelled against Roman brutality, not Jewish law. Boteach reiterates that although he does not believe in Jesus as Messiah, he hopes that a new look at Jesus as a man who lived and died as an observant Jew will help eliminate anti-Semitism, establish good will between the faiths and “strengthen Judeo-Christian values.” This well-researched analysis will certainly reopen intrafaith and interfaith dialogue. (Feb.)
Kosher Jesus is well-written and easy to follow. It does a thorough job of explaining the ways in which the writers and editors of the New Testament might have changed the story of Jesus to make their new religion acceptable to Roman rulers and palatable to pagans and idol worshippers. Boteach states in his book that his views on Jesus have been heavily influenced by the work of Hyam Maccoby, "which serves as a pivotal foundation and central pillar for what follows here."

This book will appeal to a wide readership that likely will not include the Christians for whom it was intended because its message is unequivocal and unrelenting: Jesus was a Torah-observant, kosher-keeping, Talmud-inspired rabbi who would have been horrified at the ways in which his words and mission were falsified. Boteach may have had the best of intentions in writing this book for evangelical Christians but, well, you know what they say about good intentions.

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  • ISBN-13: 9789652295781
  • Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
  • Publication date: 2/20/2012
  • Pages: 241
  • Sales rank: 61,349
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.80 (h) x 1.00 (d)

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Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley Boteach

Shmuley Boteach is host of the daily national radio program The Rabbi Shmuley Show on Oprah & Friends and Sirius XM Satellite Radio and host of the award-winning national television show Shalom in the Home on TLC. He is also the international bestselling author of twenty books, including the New York Times bestselling Kosher Sex and Ten Conversations You Need to Have with Your Children.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 19, 2012

    While Boteach tries to save Jesus there is much more information to consider...

    This author tries to dispel the picture of Jesus that is presented in the New Testament to make him more palatable to the Jew but he does not present some of the other evidence we have at hand. He tries to prove that the real Jesus is hidden somewhere in the New Testament text but must be excavated with much effort. There are other books to read that present a different picture of Jesus that in all fairness need to be considered. These two books present different views: 1)The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ - Lee Strobel (nook or paperback) 2)Leaving Jesus - (nook or paperback)

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  • Posted March 13, 2012

    Interesting

    This book didn't tell that much about Jesus being Kosher that I didn't know. It did promote the Jewish religon. On the positive side it also said that people of all religons should live in pece and help other people.

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  • Posted March 7, 2012

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    Worth reading

    From a biblical reader and Christian I found the book quite good! If you arn't a biblical reader you may not enjoy it, based on how narrow minder you are.
    Ton Hoople

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  • Posted March 5, 2012

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    Everyone should read this!

    Thank you, Rabbi Shmuley, for writing this book. A readable treatment of Jesus, the committed Jew, was long overdue. R. Boteach does a very good job of setting the context in which Jesus lived and spread his message amongst his fellow Jews. There are more scholarly books on this subject, but most are not as accessible to the wider audience that this book has the potential to reach.

    A little more work on the history/chronology of the gospels and epistles themselves might have been worth the Rabbi's effort. Without going into too much detail, it might have more fully illuminated many of his observations, particularly on anti-semitic themes in the New Testament. Also, one error in Chapter 6 would have been picked up by anyone taking an intro. course on the gospels. In discussing the inclusion of Jesus' miracle in Cana in the Book of John (i.e. the Gospel of John), it states, "No other synoptic Gospel mentions this miracle..." John is not one of the synoptic gospels.

    We are given example after example of the Jewish sources of Jesus' teachings. The picture of his faithfulness to Rabbinic Tradition and the Law is painted more fully. For this reason, I don't understand why, in Chapter 4, R. Shmuley calls Jesus the founder of Christianity. I think this book itself argues that title belongs elsewhere.

    Kosher Jesus does an excellent job at showing us the Jesus who lived and died as a Jew and who reflected a political, social, and religious environment that informed his life, message and mission. Whatever subsequently happened to that message, however horrific the persecution visited upon the Jews by Christian churches and their memebers throughout the centuries, Jesus is not the author. For all traditions to be able to utter the "J word" and to explore this subject with open minds could be the beginning of revelation.

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  • Posted February 26, 2012

    America's Rabbi Does It Again !!

    Kosher Jesus is going to be a bestseller.It tackles a hard topic,the identity of one the most famous of all Jews. Give it to Shmuley to have the chutzpah to raise this topic, and put the true Jesus out for examination.There are many scholarly works out there on the same subject. None of them have been read by the masses.In his book Boteach encourages his readers to study the subject deeper.This book is a good start in approaching the subject.The reader can choose to go further and read other works on the subject With the Rabbi Shmuley Boteach name,you can guarantee a higher readership,which will get the subject of Jesus' life and humanity out there for many public discussions.I hope they are civil discussions.

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