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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Christian origins Christian origins Jonathan Knight This is an introductory account of the emergence of Christianity as we know it today. Dealing with the Jewish background to Jesus and such crucial issues as the Synoptic problem, it provides a detail… OL11237333W
Breaking the Jewish code Breaking the Jewish code Perry F. Stone “You too can discover the hidden secrets that have molded Jewish thinking and lifestyles and made the Jews an undefeatable people, a blessed ethnic group, and a nation that survives against all odds.… OL11970849W
The Background Of The Gospels Or Judaism In The Period Between The Old And New Testaments The Background Of The Gospels Or Judaism In The Period Between The Old And New Testaments William Fairweather available here http://www.archive.org/details/backgroundofgosp00fairuoft OL153976W
The Jew, the cathedral and the medieval city The Jew, the cathedral and the medieval city Nina Rowe "In the thirteenth century, sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia - paired female personifications of the Synagogue defeated and the Church triumphant - became a favored motif on cathedral façades in F… OL15444919W
La bendición Torá La bendición Torá Larry Huch "Explores the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, explains the implications of being grafted into the covenant promises and inheritance of Israel, and advocates an observation of Torah aspects in or… OL15611482W
For the sake of heaven and earth For the sake of heaven and earth Irving Greenberg A pioneer in the area of pluralism and interfaith relations, Rabbi Irving Greenberg has spent a lifetime working to overcome the history of hostility between Judaism and Christianity. This book is st… OL1841542W
Christian attitudes towards the state of Israel Christian attitudes towards the state of Israel Paul Charles Merkley "Paul Merkley draws on interviews with numerous key figures within the government of Israel, spokesmen for the Palestine Authority, and leaders of all the major pro and anti-Zionist Christian organiz… OL1855118W
Aesthetic Theology and Its Enemies Aesthetic Theology and Its Enemies David Nirenberg From Amazon: Through most of Western European history, Jews have been a numerically tiny or entirely absent minority, but across that history Europeans have nonetheless worried a great deal about Jud… OL19267128W
The Old and New Testaments The Old and New Testaments James H. Charlesworth,Walter P. Weaver How, if at all, is the New Testament related to the Old? Does the traditional view of the Old Testament as promise and the New Testament as fulfillment still hold? Why are religious services organize… OL20603237W
Slandering the Jew Slandering the Jew Susanna Drake As Christian leaders in the first through fifth centuries embraced ascetic interpretations of the Bible and practices of sexual renunciation, sexual slander--such as the accusations Paul leveled agai… OL20956126W
World religions in dialogue World religions in dialogue Pim Valkenberg Provides insider and outsider perspectives on four major non-Christian world religions through dialogue between Christian scholars of these religions and Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Jewish scholars … OL20957525W
Jesus followers in the Roman Empire Jesus followers in the Roman Empire Paul B. Duff "When Jesus of Nazareth began proclaiming the kingdom of God early in the first century, he likely had no intention of starting a new religion, especially one that included former pagans. Yet a new r… OL20975146W
Jesus and After Jesus and After E. Bruce Brooks 1 online resource (191 pages) OL21352677W
Discovery and distinction in the early Middle Ages Discovery and distinction in the early Middle Ages Cullen J. Chandler,Steven A. Stofferahn xxii, 313 pages : 24 cm OL23292646W
The Torah blessing The Torah blessing Larry Huch "Explores the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, explains the implications of being grafted into the covenant promises and inheritance of Israel, and advocates an observation of Torah aspects in or… OL3627611W
We are all Moors We are all Moors Anouar Majid An alternate history of xenophobia and how we must overcome it together In We Are All Moors, Anouar Majid contends that the acrimonious debates about immigration and Islam in the West are the cult… OL4025201W
Y'shua Y'shua Moishe Rosen Long ago, the Jewish Scriptures predicted the coming of one who would redeem the world from evil and usher in a new order of living. This book examines those prophecies to see whether Jesus fulfilled… OL4083083W
A prophet for our time A prophet for our time Marc H. Tanenbaum,Judith Banki,Eugene J. Fisher "Rabbi, writer, teacher, activist, and organizer, Marc H. Tanenbaum was for more than three generations at the center of the struggle for religious understanding and human rights. From the first stir… OL5953614W
My Jesus Year My Jesus Year Benyamin Cohen One day a Georgia-born son of an Orthodox rabbi discovers that his enthusiasm for Judaism is flagging. He observes the Sabbath, he goes to synagogue, and he even flies to New York on weekends for a s… OL9546020W