Jewish Expressions on Jesus: An Anthology

Weiss-Rosmarin, Trude (ed.). Jewish Expressions on Jesus: An Anthology. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1977. First edition. Small Quarto. xix, 421pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. “The readings presented in this volume address themselves to the two principal Jewish interests in the founder of Christianity; Jesus’ Jewishness, and his trial and death on a Roman cross.” (Trude Weiss-Rosmarin). Contributors are Jacob Z. Lauterbach (Jesus in the Talmud), Samuel Sandmel (The Historical Jesus), Solomon Zeitlin (The Career of Jesus) (Jesus and the Pharisees), Joseph Klausner (Teachings of Jesus), Hans Joachim Schoeps (Messiaship of Jesus), Ben Zion Bokser (Jesus: Jew or Christian?), Martin Buber (Two Types of Faith), Jules Isaac (Crime of Deicide), Haim Cohn (The Crucifixion), Abba Hillel Silver (On Rejecting Treasures), Walter Kaufmann (Jesus vis-à-vis Paul, Luther, and Schweitzer) and Franz Rosenzweig (“Letters on Christianity and Judaism” between Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig). Binding and interior in near fine condition. near fine. Hardcover. (40057) $50