Comments on: Jesus the Jew http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/jesus-the-jew/189/ – English & Swedish Blogs Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anders Gerdmar http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/jesus-the-jew/189/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Anders Gerdmar Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:05:07 +0000 http://www.andersgerdmar.com/?p=189#comment-132 David, yes, this pespective by Boyarin is interesting indeed, and other authors do claim the same. I think it is basically true. But what seems to have been challenging is the claim that Jesus is ‘more than’ even the greatest figures in Judaism. David, yes, this pespective by Boyarin is interesting indeed, and other authors do claim the same. I think it is basically true. But what seems to have been challenging is the claim that Jesus is ‘more than’ even the greatest figures in Judaism.

]]> By: David Nyström http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/jesus-the-jew/189/comment-page-1/#comment-125 David Nyström Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:04:02 +0000 http://www.andersgerdmar.com/?p=189#comment-125 Anders, have you read D. Boyarins "Border Lines"? He makes a very interesting case stating that not only Jesus but also the early Christians with their belief in Jesus fitted quite easily within the multi-coloured Judaism of the day. "Judaism" as contrasted to "Christianity", he claims, was something which was later created in the rabbinic and patristic periods. I certainly don't agree with everything he writes, but it is an interesting perscpetive... Anders, have you read D. Boyarins “Border Lines”? He makes a very interesting case stating that not only Jesus but also the early Christians with their belief in Jesus fitted quite easily within the multi-coloured Judaism of the day. “Judaism” as contrasted to “Christianity”, he claims, was something which was later created in the rabbinic and patristic periods.

I certainly don’t agree with everything he writes, but it is an interesting perscpetive…

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