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	Information Resources New and Notable *Recent Publications of Interest* (List posted in mid-January 2003) In an effort to help interested readers keep abreast of new publications in the disciplines that lie at the heart of the work of the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies, we offer a short list of recently-published books and brief descriptions of each book. These descriptions are not reviews: No positive or negative judgments are offered with regard to the books' contents. Paul Copan & Craig A. Evans, eds. Who Was Jesus?: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue. Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. This volume grew out of a dialogue between Jewish New Testament scholar Peter Zaas and scholar and philosopher William Lane Craig on the question identified in the title. The book begins with co-editor Paul Copan's explanation of the background behind the dialogue and a brief preview of commentary on the dialogue by a number of other Jewish and Christian scholars. Following this introduction are the individual presentations by Zaas and Craig, an interactive discussion between the two, and their responses to questions asked by members of the audience. Most of the book, however, is devoted to essays in which scholars touch on issues raised in the dialogue and offer their own assessments of Jesus. Co-editor Craig A. Evans then concludes the discussion with a summary and critique of these scholarly responses. Scholars contributing essays include Herb Basser, Bruce Chilton, Carsten Claussen, Craig A. Evans, Donald A. Hagner, Scot McKnight, and Jacob Neusner. If you would like to purchase this book, click here. Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt, and Frederique Vandercasteele-Vanneuville, eds. Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel. Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. From 1998 to 2001 an interdisciplinary research program at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) studied the historical, sociological, and theological dimensions of the problem of anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John. On January 17-18, 2000, an academic seminar was held in Leuven. Twenty-four scholars from the fields of Johannine studies and Jewish-Christian dialogue submitted papers, and each of the scholars read the papers written by the others before the seminar began. The seminar itself was then devoted to discussion of disputed issues. Following the seminar, participating scholars reworked and edited their papers, thirteen of which are presented in this book. Contributors include: C. Kingsley Barrett, Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt, Frederique Vandecasteele-Vanneuville, James H. Charlesworth, Raymond F. Collins, R. Alan Culpepper, Martinus C. de Boer, Henk Jan de Jonge, James D. G. Dunn, Jan Lambrecht, Judith M. Lieu, Stephen Motyer, Adele Reinhartz, and Peter J. Tomson. If you would like to purchase this book, click here. Who We Are :: What We Do :: Events Calendar Clergy and Educators :: Scholars' Corner :: Newsletter Information Resources :: Get Involved :: Home
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