It's certainly noteworthy when one of the world's leading Jewish scholars publishes a book about Jesus. And Daniel Boyarin's "The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ" (The New Press, 2012) doesn't disappoint. It's extremely stimulating, and Latter-day Saints who have enjoyed the work of the British Methodist scholar Margaret Barker will find parts of it especially intriguing.
Daniel C. Peterson is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU, where he also serves as editor in chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative and as director of advancement for the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. He is the founder of Mormon ScholarsTestify.org. He blogs daily at dcpsicetnon.blogspot.com.
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RE: Jesus' predictions of his own death must have been inserted into the Gospel accounts after his crucifixion, because, they say, no such ideas existed in Judaism:
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: More..
Interesting, Thanks Dr. Peterson. Your articles are always my favorite part of this site.
We're very blessed to have the clarity of the Gospel by way of the Book of Mormon. You can't sincerely read it & miss the fact that More..
RE: “the Son of man” must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.(Mark 8:31)
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