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Mind the Gap - How the Jewish Writings between the Old and New Testament Help Us Understand Jesus (Paperback)
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Mind the Gap - How the Jewish Writings between the Old and New Testament Help Us Understand Jesus (Paperback)
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Do you want to understand Jesus of Nazareth, his apostles, and the
rise of early Christianity? Reading the Old Testament is not
enough, writes Matthias Henze in this slender volume aimed at the
student of the Bible. To understand the Jews of the Second Temple
period, it's essential to read what they wrote-and what Jesus and
his followers might have read-beyond the Hebrew scriptures. Henze
introduces the four-century gap between the Old and New Testaments
and some of the writings produced during this period (different Old
Testaments, the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea
Scrolls); discusses how these texts have been read from the
Reformation to the present, emphasizing the importance of the
discovery of Qumran; guides the student's encounter with select
texts from each collection; and then introduces key ideas found in
specific New Testament texts that simply can't be understood
without these early Jewish "intertestamental" writings-the Messiah,
angels and demons, the law, and the resurrection of the dead.
Finally, he discusses the role of these writings in the "parting of
the ways" between Judaism and Christianity. Mind the Gap broadens
curious students' perspectives on early Judaism and early
Christianity and welcomes them to deeper study.
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