Friday, February 03, 2006

THE RELUCTANT PARTING, a new book by Professor Julie Galambush, is reviewed by Richard Ostling of the Associated Press:
Scholar re-examines New Testament views of Jews

By: RICHARD N. OSTLING - Associated Press

Julie Galambush brings a rare background to the often delicate topic of Jewish-Christian relations and her special interest in the first-century split between the two faiths.

She was an American Baptist Churches minister and teacher at the Lutherans' St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Now a convert to Reform Judaism who belongs to a temple in Falls Church, Va., she teaches Bible at the College of William and Mary.

Galambush, naturally, doesn't believe in Jesus' divinity. But her main emphasis is that Christians misunderstand what their scriptural writers originally meant to say about Jews.

She develops that case in "The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book" (HarperSanFrancisco). Her book originated with experimental classes on the New Testament she led at a Maryland synagogue.

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Sounds interesting. And I'm happy to say that there are no reports of riots or death threats over this one.

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