Before We Proceed: How to Read This Book
Introduction: Reversing "Statuary Blindness" —the Goal That Distinguishes This Book
Notes on Terminology—Keeping Our Referents Straight
Part One: Renouncing Intentional Ignorance
1 When Advice of Sages Ceases to Be Sage Advice
2 Results of Ignorance: Evolving Jewish Views of Jesus
3 Presenting the New Testament: Order and Dis-orders
Part Two: Basics We Should Know
4 Prisms for Viewing Early Christianity
5 Jesus and His Setting in the Land of Israel
6 Paul in His Diaspora Context
Part Three: Reasoning Matters Through
7 Characteristic Jewish Perspectives on the Gospels
8 Mastering “Gospel Dynamics”: Avenues to Ponder
Part Four: Christian Holy Days: Beneficial Applications of Jewish Gospel Study
9 Christmas: Why the Infancy (“Virgin Birth”) Stories Arose
10 Maundy (Holy) Thursday: Can We Right What's Wrong with Church “Seders”?
11 Good Friday: Responding to Blame for Jesus’ Death
12 Good Friday (Extended): Did the Sanhedrin and Barabbas Episodes Actually Occur?
13 Easter: Empty Tomb Enigmas
Part Five: Primary New Testament Writings: A Concern for Jews from Each
14 Romans 9–11: Why Paul’s Anxiety for Israel?
15 The Gospel of Mark: Destabilizing a Betrayal by “Judas” (“the Jews”?)
16 The Gospel of Matthew: Why So “Pro-Jewish” a Flavor to So “Anti-Jewish” a Gospel?
17 The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts: Did Jews Flock to Christianity? Luke’s Myth of the “Myriads”
18 The Gospel of John: Why Are Jesus’ Enemies So Conspicuously Termed “the Jews”?
Part Six: When Wariness Is Warranted: New Testament Knowledge for Self-Defense
19 The Christian Apocalypse: Jews as God’s Odometer in End-Times Scenarios
20 Neutralizing Missionary Encroachment: Conceptual Frameworks
Part Seven: Integrating Matters
21 My Personal Positions: Where They May Be Distinctive
22 Is the New Testament “Antisemitic”?
23 Never Again! Never Before!
Suitability Index for Using This Multipurpose Book: Matching Contents to Occasion
Listing of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Modern Author Index
Scripture Index
Gospel Dynamics Index
Subject Index
