Jesus beyond Christianity : the classic texts /
For the first time classic readings on Jesus from outside of Christianity have been brought together in one volume. Jesus Beyond Christianity: The Classic Texts features significant passages on Jesus from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. The fifty-six selections span two millennia of thought,...
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2010
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Jesus in Judaism : the classic texts
- Jewish Perceptions of Jesus : Key Issues
- Dangerous Times for Jews / Nachmanides' Debate
- The Rejected Disciple / The Talmud
- A Teacher of Jewish Law / The Talmud
- The Bible Testifies against the Deity of Jesus / The Nizzachon Vetus
- The Church, Not Jesus, is the Heretic / Isaac of Troki
- Jesus : Jewish Evangelist to the Gentiles / The Letter of Rabbi Jacob Emden
- Reasons for Jewish Silence on Jesus / Moses Mendelssohn
- Jesus : An Unoriginal Pharisee / Abraham Geiger
- Jesus : Forerunner of the Reform Jew / Kaufmann Kohler
- The Value of the Gospels for a Jew / Claude Montefiore
- Jesus : A Prophet / Claude Montefiore
- Jesus : Destroyer of Culture and Nation / Joseph Klausner
- Jesus on Jewish Soil / Leo Baeck
- No Sentimental Love / David Flusser
- Closing Reflection / Dan Cohn-Sherbok
- Part II. Jesus in Islam : the classic texts
- Muslim Perceptions of Jesus : Key Issues
- The Miraculous Conception of Jesus / The Qur'an
- The Mission of Jesus / The Qur'an
- At the End of Jesus' Mission / The Qur'an
- Responses to Jesus / The Qur'an
- A Final Word from the Qur'an / The Qur'an
- Jesus in the Hadith / The Sayings of Muhammad
- The Ascetic Jesus / The Muslim Jesus
- Jesus and the Powers of God / Al-Tabari
- Jesus in the Graveyard / Al-Th a'labi
- A Rationalist Examines Christian Claims about Jesus / Al-Razi
- Jesus : A Mirror of God / Al-Ghazali
- Jesus and the Fool / Jalaluddin Rumi
- On Praising a Human Being / Al-Busiri
- Realizing God / Ibn al-Arabi
- Who Died on the Cross? / Ibn Kathir
- Jesus in India / Ghulam Ahmad
- Jesus and Non-violence / Ghulam Ahmad Parwez
- Jesus between Us and You / A Common Word
- Closing Reflection / Amjad Hussain
- Part III. Jesus in Hinduism : the classic texts
- Hindu Perceptions of Jesus : Key Issues
- Jesus was a Unitarian / Ram Mohun Roy
- A Divine Teacher, Not Atoner / Ram Mohun Roy
- Jesus : The Ideal Son / Keshub Chunder Sen
- Repudiate the Little Christ / Keshub Chunder Sen
- Jesus : Simple, Honest, and Ignorant / Dayananda Saraswati
- Mystical Experiences of the Universal Jesus / Ramakrishna
- Jesus is like Ramakrishna / Ramakrishna
- Jesus vs. His Christian Followers / Vivekananda
- Jesus Was Oriental / Vivekananda
- Jesus is the Property of the World / M.K. Gandhi
- Christ Has Yet to be Born / M.K. Gandhi
- Jesus' Message Continues to be Ignored / Aurobindo Ghose
- An Avatar of Sorrow / Aurobindo Ghose
- Jesus : An Eastern Seer / Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Closing Reflection / Gavin Flood
- IV. Jesus in Buddhism : the classic texts
- Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus : Key Issues
- Jesus : Son of a Dubious Deity / Fabian Fucan
- The Founder of a Passive Religion / Ouyi Zhixu
- Jesus : A Teacher of Morality / Thuken Chökyi Nyima
- A Demon in Disguise / The Carpenter-Heretic
- Birth Omens Compared / Migettuwatte Gunananda
- A Man between Egoism and Universalism / Anagarika Dharmapala
- Jesus : Absolute and Relative / Tanabe Hajime
- Obliterating God Consciousness / Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
- A Man of Contradictions / Sheng Yen
- The Good Heart of Jesus / Tenzin Gyatso
- Closing Reflection / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
