Introduction Neta Stahl 1. A Jewish Reader of Jesus: Mark, the Evangelist Daniel Boyarin 2. The Magical Jesus in Ancient Jewish Literature Michael Swartz 3. Where is Jonah from? Avigdor Shinan 4. Celsus’ Jew and the Theological Threat from Christianity Adam Gregerman 5. Abraham Abulafia: A Kabbalist "Son of God" on Jesus and Christianity Moshe Idel 6. From Joshua through Jesus to Simeon bar Yohai: Towards a Typology of Galilean Heroes Elchanan Reiner 7. The Salvation of Jesus and Jewish Messiahs Matt Goldish 8. Jacob Frank and Jesus Christ Pawel Maciejko 9. "Christus secundum spiritum": Spinoza, Jesus and the Infinite Intellect Yitzhak Melamed 10. Harry Austryn Wolfson on the Jews’ Reclamation of Jesus Warren Zev Harvey 11. Jesus in Modern Jewish Thought Leora Batnitzky 12. The Crucified Brother: Uri Zvi Greenberg and Jesus Glenda Abramson 13. ‘We left Yeshu’: On Three Twentieth Century Hebrew Poets’ Longing for Jesus" Neta Stahl 14. Jesus of the Sabra Thorns - The figure of Jesus in Israeli Art Amitai Mendelsohn
Biography
Neta Stahl is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Center and Jewish Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University, USA. She works primarily in the fields of Literary Theory and Modern Hebrew Literature, and has serious interest in the intersection of religion and literature, theories of the Other, and modern Jewish thought.
