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ABRAHAM GEIGER AND THE JEWISH JESUS. By Susannah Heschel. Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1998. Pp. xxi + 317. $48; $19.

Scholars of the New Testament and the early Church, faced with the origin of Christianity in Judaism, have traditionally criticized Judaism in order to establish the uniqueness, independence, authenticity, and importance of Christianity apart from its Jewish roots. According to Heschel, Abraham Geiger (1810-74) responded to these Christian apologetics with their stereotypes and denigration of Judaism by "reversing the gaze," that is, by critically interpreting Christianity in relationship (and ...

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