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Common ground : a priest and a rabbi read Scripture together / Andrew M. Greeley and Jacob Neusner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 335 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773574731
  • 0773574735
  • 0773534474
  • 9780773534476
Contained works:
  • Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-2013. Bible and us
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Common Ground : A Priest and a Rabbi Read Scripture Together.DDC classification:
  • 220.6
LOC classification:
  • BS538 .G64 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Reading Scripture Together -- 1. NEUSNER: Row a Rabbi Reads the Torah -- 2. GREELEY: How a Priest Reads the Bible -- 3. NEUSNER: Is Not My Word like Fire? -- 4. NEUSNER: Beginning In the Beginning -- 5. GREELEY: The Lovers in the Song�Creation -- 6. NEUSNER: God and Israel�the Lovers -- 7. NEUSNER: Let Us Make Man -- 8. NEUSNER: Adam, Where Are You? -- 9. GREELEY: Adam -- 10. NEUSNER: I Regret That I Made Them, but Noah Found Favor -- 11. GREELEY: Noah -- 12. NEUSNER: And Abram Put His Faith in the Lord
13. GREELEY: Abraham14. NEUSNER: The Abraham of the Bible and the Abraham of the Torah -- 15. NEUSNER: Take Your Son, Your Favored One, Isaac -- 16. NEUSNER: Then Jacob Made a Vow -- 17. NEUSNER: I the Lord Am Your God Who Brought You Out of the Land of Egypt -- 18. NEUSNER: The Ten Commandments -- 19. GREELEY: Moses, Our Rabbi -- 20. GREELEY: The Faithless Bride�Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel -- 21. GREELEY: Who Is Lady Wisdom? -- 22. NEUSNER: The Prophets -- 23. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Said -- 24. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Did
25. GREELEY: Jesus�Who He Was26. GREELEY: Women and Jesus -- 27. NEUSNER: Jesus -- 28. GREELEY: Saint Peter -- 29. GREELEY: Saint Paul and the Gentiles -- 30. NEUSNER: Paul -- 31. GREELEY: Mary, Jesus' Mother and Ours -- 32. NEUSNER: Mary�Can She Be Jewish Too? -- 33. NEUSNER: Is God Male or Female? -- 34. GREELEY: The Womanliness of God -- 35. NEUSNER: What Judaism Can Teach Christianity about Reading Scripture -- 36. NEUSNER: Thinking About the Other in Religion�It Is Necessary, but Is It Possible?
37. NEUSNER: Can Christianity and Judaism Conduct Dialogue? Yes, Says the Rabbi�Six Years Later38. GREELEY: This Time the Rabbi Is Right! -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index to Biblical and Talmudic References
Summary: What happens when two prolific religious scholars sit down and, together, read sacred texts of their different religions?

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.

Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Reading Scripture Together -- 1. NEUSNER: Row a Rabbi Reads the Torah -- 2. GREELEY: How a Priest Reads the Bible -- 3. NEUSNER: Is Not My Word like Fire? -- 4. NEUSNER: Beginning In the Beginning -- 5. GREELEY: The Lovers in the Song�Creation -- 6. NEUSNER: God and Israel�the Lovers -- 7. NEUSNER: Let Us Make Man -- 8. NEUSNER: Adam, Where Are You? -- 9. GREELEY: Adam -- 10. NEUSNER: I Regret That I Made Them, but Noah Found Favor -- 11. GREELEY: Noah -- 12. NEUSNER: And Abram Put His Faith in the Lord

13. GREELEY: Abraham14. NEUSNER: The Abraham of the Bible and the Abraham of the Torah -- 15. NEUSNER: Take Your Son, Your Favored One, Isaac -- 16. NEUSNER: Then Jacob Made a Vow -- 17. NEUSNER: I the Lord Am Your God Who Brought You Out of the Land of Egypt -- 18. NEUSNER: The Ten Commandments -- 19. GREELEY: Moses, Our Rabbi -- 20. GREELEY: The Faithless Bride�Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel -- 21. GREELEY: Who Is Lady Wisdom? -- 22. NEUSNER: The Prophets -- 23. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Said -- 24. GREELEY: Jesus�What He Did

25. GREELEY: Jesus�Who He Was26. GREELEY: Women and Jesus -- 27. NEUSNER: Jesus -- 28. GREELEY: Saint Peter -- 29. GREELEY: Saint Paul and the Gentiles -- 30. NEUSNER: Paul -- 31. GREELEY: Mary, Jesus' Mother and Ours -- 32. NEUSNER: Mary�Can She Be Jewish Too? -- 33. NEUSNER: Is God Male or Female? -- 34. GREELEY: The Womanliness of God -- 35. NEUSNER: What Judaism Can Teach Christianity about Reading Scripture -- 36. NEUSNER: Thinking About the Other in Religion�It Is Necessary, but Is It Possible?

37. NEUSNER: Can Christianity and Judaism Conduct Dialogue? Yes, Says the Rabbi�Six Years Later38. GREELEY: This Time the Rabbi Is Right! -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index to Biblical and Talmudic References

What happens when two prolific religious scholars sit down and, together, read sacred texts of their different religions?