Boteach, Shmuley — Kosher Jesus

Gefen Books, 2011. Hard Cover with dustwrappers. 241 pp. Fold at bottom wrapper. With papercutting on the book in Dutch (Volkskrant) l Who was Jesus of Nazareth? The most famous Jew who ever lived, he is also among history's most controversial and enigmatic characters. The Jewish people know him as the founder of a religion that spent millennia openly opposing Judaism, as one who inspired centuries of Jewish bloodletting, while the Christians look to Jesus as a divine messiah and fountain of salvation. In this transformational new work, best-selling author Shmuley Boteach draws from the New Testament as well as ancient Jewish sources to offer a bold new vision of Jesus, a Jewish patriot murdered by Rome for his struggle on behalf of his people against Roman brutality and paganism. Rabbi Shmuley also explores Roman and Gospel sources to dismantle the most pernicious lie in world history: that the Jews were responsible for killing Jesus. Kosher Jesus sets the stage for Jews and Christians to bridge their differences and come together for the first time through the personality of Jesus himself - the hero, martyr, and teacher that they both share.