Vote for The Jewish Annotated New Testament

I put a feedbear request up here so that you can vote, and there is a discussion here.
First published in 2011, The Jewish Annotated New Testament was a groundbreaking work, bringing the New Testament's Jewish background to the attention of students, clergy, and general readers. In this new edition, eighty Jewish scholars bring together unparalleled scholarship to shed new light on the text. This thoroughly revised and greatly expanded second edition brings even more helpful information and new insights to the study of the New Testament.
Introductions to each New Testament book, containing guidance for reading and specific information about how the book relates to the Judaism of the period, have been revised and augmented, and in some cases newly written.
Annotations on the text--some revised, some new to this edition--provide verse-by-verse commentary.
The thirty essays from the first edition are thoroughly updated, and there are twenty-four new essays, on topics such as "Mary in Jewish Tradition," "Christology," and "Messianic Judaism."
For Christian readers The Jewish Annotated New Testament offers a window into the first-century world of Judaism from which the New Testament springs. There are explanations of Jewish concepts such as food laws and rabbinic argumentation. It also provides a much-needed corrective to many centuries of Christian misunderstandings of the Jewish religion.
For Jewish readers, this volume provides the chance to encounter the New Testament--a text of vast importance in Western European and American culture--with no religious agenda and with guidance from Jewish experts in theology, history, and Jewish and Christian thought. It also explains Christian practices, such as the Eucharist.
The Jewish Annotated New Testament, Second Edition is an essential volume that places the New Testament writings in a context that will enlighten readers of any faith or none.
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Also don't see it, but accidentally found a good Brettler (Sarna's 70th).
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Joseph Turner said:
The Jewish Annotated New Testament, Second Edition is an essential volume that places the New Testament writings in a context that will enlighten readers of any faith or none.
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DAL said:
Short not much depth.
That is what I expect when I see "annotated"; for more depth see:
- The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
- Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Contraversial Rabbi
- Short Storiees by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversal Rabbi
- Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
- Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent
- The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
- Toward the Kingdom of Heaven: 40 Daily Readings on the Sermon on the Mount
- Witness at the Cross: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Friday
- Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
- with Brettler
- The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
- with Knight
- The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach US
- with Carter
- The New Testament: Methods and Meaning
- with Sievers
- The Pharisees
- with Witherington III
- The Gospel of Luke
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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