Teaching the Historical Jesus Issues and Exegesis [Hardcover]

Teaching the Historical Jesus in his Jewish context to students of varied religious backgrounds presents instructors with not only challenges, but also opportunities to sustain interfaith dialogue and foster mutual understanding and respect. This new collection explores these challenges and opportunities, gathering together experiential lessons drawn from teaching Jesus in a wide variety of settingsfrom the public, secular two- or four-year college, to the Jesuit university, to the Rabbinic school or seminary, to the orthodox, religious Israeli university. A diverse group of Jewish and Christian scholars reflect on their own classroom experiences and explicates crucial issues for teaching Jesus in a way that encourages students at every level to enter into an encounter with the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament without paternalism, parochialism, or prejudice. This volume is a valuable resource for instructors and graduate students interested in an interfaith approach in the classroom, and provides practical case studies for scholars working on Jewish-Christian relations.

Introduction  Section 1: Jesus in Undergraduate Education  1. Teaching Jewish Studies, Hebrew Scriptures and the Historical Jesus in the Context of Jewish Studies at a Two-Year Public College: Rationale, Objectives, Evaluation Zev Garber  2. Untangling Myths and Misconceptions: A Narrative of the Undergraduate Classroom Rochelle L. Millen  3. Jesus in the Trenches : Pedagogical Challenges Posed by Teaching the Nazarene in the Context of Judaic Studies Ken Hanson  4. Teaching Jesus at the University of Alabama Steven Leonard Jacobs  5 Teaching about Jesus in a Catholic University Richard L. Libowitz  6. Teaching about Jesus and Early Christianity at US Rabbinic Schools Joel Gereboff  7l