Other and brother : Jesus in the 20th-century Jewish literary landscape /

In an exploration of modern Jewish literature, Neta Stahl examines the attitudes adopted by modern Jewish writers toward the figure of Jesus, the ultimate 'Other' in medieval Jewish literature. Stahl argues that 20th-century Jewish writers relocated Jesus from his traditional status as the...

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Main Author: Stahl, Neta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In an exploration of modern Jewish literature, Neta Stahl examines the attitudes adopted by modern Jewish writers toward the figure of Jesus, the ultimate 'Other' in medieval Jewish literature. Stahl argues that 20th-century Jewish writers relocated Jesus from his traditional status as the Christian Other to a position as a fellow Jew, a 'brother', and even as a means of reconstructing themselves.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199909223
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