Remembering E.P. Sanders, a New Testament scholar who offered a new look at Judaism. Sanders forcefully called on fellow New Testament scholars to reject caricatures of Judaism (Mark Chancey, RNS).Requiescat in pace.... From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Sanders turned out a series of massive tomes, including “Paul and Palestinian Judaism,” “Jesus and Judaism” and “Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE–66 A.D.,” exploring the relationship between early Judaism and early Christianity. In his work and personally he forcefully called on fellow scholars to reject caricatures of Judaism and to immerse themselves more deeply in ancient Jewish sources. ...
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