Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. EDITOR & PUBLISHER
The goal of the Watch:Jerusalem Bookstore is to bring together an eclectic but focused group of books for the reader of Watch:Jerusalem newsletter. Inclusion in the listing does not imply endorsement of that book's message or author(s) by the editor of W:J, but rather an indication that this is a book likely to be a player in the "open market" of ideas. Suggestions for inclusion in the book store are very welcome. |
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DOCTRINE JESUS AND 1ST CENTURY CHRISTIANITY |
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 Jesus by David Flusser "Here is a remarkable book filled with profound insights on Jesus and His Jewish world.... Christians will be particularly enlightened and challenged by Professor Flusser's Jewish perspective on Jesus. Every serious student of the Bible can profit immensely from reading this book for it contains many fresh angles from which to ponder anew one of the enduring questions of the ages, 'Who was Jesus of Nazareth?' " --Marvin Wilson |
Jewish Sources in Early Christianity by David Flusser and Yeshaiahu Leibowitz Read more about this title... "Discusses, in clear and accessible terms, the Jewish roots of Christianity, outlining how Christian thought drew from existing sources and went on to develop its own independent structure of thought. The Jewish Thought Series from Israel's MOD Books, now distributed exclusively by Jewish Lights. A part of Israel's Broadcast University Series, each book is written by leading experts and authors in their respective fields. They are published jointly by Tel Aviv University, the Chief Education Office of the IDF, and IDF Radio." --Amazon.com synopsis |
Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee Among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles by Brad H. Young Read more about this title... "Paul the Jewish Theologian reveals Saul of Tarsus as a man who, though rejected in the synagogue, never truly left Judaism. Author Young disagrees with long held notions that Hellenism was the context which most influenced Paul's communication of the Gospel. This skewed notion has led to widely divergent interpretations of Paul's writings. Only in rightly aligning Paul as rooted in his Jewishness and training as a Pharisee can he be correctly interpreted. Young asserts that Paul's view of the Torah was always positive, and he separates Jesus' mission among the Jews from Paul's call to the Gentiles." --Amazon.com synopsis |
Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad H. Young Read more about this title... "Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith." --Amazon.com synopsis |
Peter and Paulstarring Anthony Hopkins (Paul) and Robert Foxworth (Peter) Winner of 2 Emmy Awards "Witness the precarious existence of two leaders of early Christianity -- Peter and Paul -- who emerge as two spiritual leaders, struggling to keep the faith alive. This epic network television series stars award winning British actor Anthony Hopkins as Paul and Robert Foxworth as Peter. Follow Peter and Paul through three decades of turmoil that concludes in Rome in aproximately A.D. 64 with the beheading of Paul and the crucifixion of Peter under Emperor Nero. You'll be enthralled as you experience the incredible spiritual strengths of these two early pillars of Christianity as they struggle to spread the word of God." --publicity blurb |
Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospelsby Geza Vermes "Vermes [a Jewish-born Hungarian], now emeritus professor of Jewish studies at Oxford, grew up, knowing nothing of Judaism, in prewar provincial Hungary. His family converted to Christianity in 1930, when he was 6. In 1942, at the age of 18, he decided to be a Catholic priest. Two years later, his family was deported and murdered, but he survived the Holocaust because a bishop hid him. After the war, Vermes found himself strangely drawn to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish subjects. He taught himself to read Hebrew, and became obsessed with the newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls (his book on the subject, The Dead Sea Scrolls in English has sold some 300,000 copies), which in turn led him to 1st-century Judasim and the New Testment." --from "A Jew for the 'Real' Jesus" by David Winner, The Jerusalem Report, August 17, 1998 |
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The Religion of Jesus the Jew by Geza Vermes "In three key books, starting with Jesus the Jew [see above] and continuing with Jesus and the World of Judaism [out of print], Vermes developed his thesis that the historical -- and thoroughly Jewish -- Jesus would have been baffled by such key Christian concepts as his own divinity and resurrection, the virgin birth and the holy Trinity. In The Religion of Jesus the Jew he concluded: 'The religion of Jesus and Christianity are so basically different inform, purpose and orientation that it would be historically unsafe to derive the latter directly from the former.'" --from "A Jew for the 'Real' Jesus" by David Winner, The Jerusalem Report, August 17, 1998 |
