Kosher Jesus

Introduction: who was Jesus of Nazareth?

Part I. The rabbi. The rabbi and the stranger

Romans and Jews

The Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the zealots

Jesus the rabbi

Jewish law

Miracles

Jesus the healer

Jesus never claimed to be divine

The fantasy of the condemned and evil Jews

Part II. The death of Jesus. The crucifixion

Did Judas really exist?

Brutal Pilate

Barabbas

A political death and the trial of Jesus

Jesus' crimes

Paul the Pharisee?

Paul and the original apostles

Placating Rome

Part III. What Christians have to learn from the Jewish Jesus. Jesus, lover of Israel

Jesus against evil

Tinkering with the divine

Part IV. Why the Jews cannot accept Jesus. The world's most successful idea

Why Jews cannot believe in the divinity and messiahship of Jesus

Divinity

Judaism and paganism

Virgin birth

Splitting up divinity

Original sin

Salvation and repentance

A Davidic messiah?

Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies

An eternal covenant

Evangelist methods

This world and the next

Diversity and uniformity

Embracing Jesus as a Jew

Part V. Restoring Judeo-Christian values. What we can all learn from Jesus

Jesus as a bridge between religions

Jesus and American values

The hyphen that unites us

Appendix: What of the Jewish sources on Jesus?