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The Bible with and Without Jesus:
How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

By Amy-Jill Levine; Marc Zvi Brettler

Soft cover 512pp
3.6cm H x 19.8cm L x 13.2cm W (0.32 kgs)
ISBN 9780062560162
HarperOne (2023)

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Esteemed scholars Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler guide readers through the most significant Hebrew Bible passages cited in the New Testament.

They show how and why Jews and Christians read many of the same Biblical texts – including passages from the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Psalms – differently.

Passages include the creation of the world, the role of Adam and Eve, the Suffering Servant of Isiah, the book of Jonah, and Psalm 22, whose words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” Jesus quotes as he dies on the cross.

Comparing various interpretations – historical, literary, and theological – of each ancient text, Levine and Brettler offer deeper understandings of the original narratives and their many afterlives.

They show how the text speaks to different generations under changed circumstances, and so illuminate the Bible’s ongoing significance.

Exploring and explaining these diverse perspectives, they reveal more clearly Scripture’s beauty and power.

Ideal for anyone interested in religious studies, this work is a valuable resource for enhancing your appreciation of biblical literature.