02632pam a2200325 a 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200032000890400018001210500027001390820016001661000027001822450102002092600059003113000028003705000022003985050014004205050864004345200013012985200638013116300062019496300064020116300054020756300068021296500024021976500038022216500047022592895430AUA.120151116161619.0870720s1987 miu 001 0 eng  a 87020177  a0802802788 (pbk.) :c$12.95 aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBM 517 .M65bN478 198700a296.1/42191 aNeusner, Jacob,d1932-10aChristian faith and the Bible of Judaism :bthe Judaic encounter with Scripture /cJacob Neusner. aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bW.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,cc1987. axviii, 205 p. ;c22 cm. aIncludes indexes. aContents: aGenesis. Creation and creationism : there are things we cannot know from Scripture ; Chaos and order, nature and history ; Nature obeys, humanity rebels ; "Let us make man" ; "And behold, it was very good" ; "Then the Lord God formed man" ; "She shall be called woman" ; "Where are you?" ; "God was sorry--but Noah found grace" ; "Abram believed the Lord" -- Leviticus. God loves the humble : Israel's great leaders are humble ; Who is the true prophet? ; How God shows love ; God loves the poor ; The soul bears responsibility for sin ; The human soul is like God's soul ; God punishes for just cause ; Prayer requires care ; The righteous person must bear witness ; Israel's faith and Israel's fate -- Numbers. The power of sin ; The power of reason ; God rewards righteousness ; When verses conflict ; Remembering God through carrying out religious duties. aSummary: aJacob Neusner, scholar and author on Jewish literature, history, and religion, believes that Jews and Christians do well to seek in their encounter with the teachings of the living God the wisdom, imagination, and insight of the ages. "In this book," he writes in the preface, "I want to contribute some modest measure of my own faith, Judaism, as that faith may add to the faith of our Christian neighbors, for all of us now dwell together in the new catacomb, the darkness of disdain for our common faith in one God, creator of heaven and earth, judge of all humankind. This is a book of religous faith."--Publisher's description. 00aMidrash rabbah.pGenesisxCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aMidrash rabbah.pLeviticusxCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aSifrei.pNumbersxCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aBible.pOld TestamentxCriticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. 0aJudaismxDoctrines. 0aJudaismxRelationsxChristianity. 0aChristianity and other religionsxJudaism.