{"title":"Rabbi Samuel Sandmel","description":"\u003cp\u003eRABBI SAMUEL SANDMEL was a biblical scholar and the author of more than twenty books, including \u003cem\u003ePhilo of Alexandria\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWe Jews and Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Jewish Understanding of the New Testament\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandmel served as Distinguished Service Professor of Bible and Hellenistic literature at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, where he was also Provost from 1956 to 1965, and later held the Helen A. Regenstein Professor of Religion chair at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He received his doctorate from Yale University in 1949 and served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1961. He was general editor of the Oxford University Press Study Edition of the New English Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandmel was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died on November 4, 1979, in Cincinnati, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Samuel Sandmel’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-jewish-understanding-of-the-new-testament","title":"A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at the Christian scriptures—from a Jewish perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Christmas day 1925, Rabbi Stephen S.Wise, one of the twentieth century’s most influential Jewish leaders, gave a lecture at Carnegie Hall in New York City titled “A Jew’s View of Jesus.” He argued that Jesus, in fact, existed, contrary to popular Jewish opinion at that time. He said, “Neither Christian protest nor Jewish lamentation can annul the fact that Jesus was a Jew, an Hebrew of Hebrews.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, Rabbi Samuel Sandmel set out to explain and introduce—for the first time in scholarly detail from a Jewish perspective—the enigmatic character of the texts held sacred by Christians, the so-called New Testament that surrounds and presents the figure of Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition of Sandmel’s classic work, you will encounter his lucid and brilliant introduction to the New Testament from a Jewish point of view, transcending the boundaries of religion in order to share in the profound perplexities and deep aspirations that we as human beings have been inspired to express.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1594730482\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781594730481\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Rabbi Samuel Sandmel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43238197166296,"sku":"9781594730481","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43238197199064,"sku":"9781681629599","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/JewishUnderstanding_FC_mockup_v2_1665499038_048dbbd8-12f2-436a-b495-96e56f53c526.jpg?v=1791033456"},{"product_id":"we-jews-and-jesus","title":"We Jews and Jesus: Exploring Theological Differences for Mutual Understanding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important contribution to the welcome growth of religious understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with warm sympathy for Christianity but also with sturdy intellectual honesty and loyalty to Judaism, this classic work continues to clearly and forcefully guide both Christians and Jews in timely, relevant discussion of the relationships between their faiths. Examining the Jewish views on Jesus throughout history and today, Rabbi Samuel Sandmel introduces the perspective of a rabbi of the liberal wing of Judaism, and presents the scholarship of the last century and a half as pursued by both Christians and Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout prejudice but admittedly partisan, this book explains why Jesus is of cultural and historical interest to Jews, though not of direct religious interest. It drives home one of the most important lessons of our time—that Christians and Jews can be worlds apart theologically, but also very close in mutual understanding and in cooperation toward desirable human goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1594732086\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781594732089\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Rabbi Samuel Sandmel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43238199558360,"sku":"9781594732089","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781594732089_FC_mockup_v2_1738703537_e219e0b1-c6e8-419d-8e90-48a237e687f8.jpg?v=1791034479"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-rabbi-samuel-sandmel.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}