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JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH and LOREN L. JOHNS (eds.), Hillel and Jesus: Comparative Studies of Two Major Religious Leaders (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997). Pp. xxxi + 486. $50.
The papers collected in this volume evolved out of a symposium held at the Hebrew University in 1992. According to its organizer, J. H. Charlesworth, the purpose of the conference was twofold: (1) to recognize insights into research on Jesus gained from recent findings in archaeology, topography, and new manuscript discoveries, and (2) to acknowledge the contribution both of Israeli scholars now passing into retirement and of their younger successors, educated in an environment quite different from that of their senior colleagues. In Charlesworth's estimation, an international symposium of Jewish and Christian scholars comparing Hillel and Jesus would be a good way to accomplish these goals. The twenty contributors to the volume, listed below with the titles of their essays, reflect the desired cross-section of scholars.
Part 1: J. H. Charlesworth, "Hillel and Jesus: Why Comparisons Are Important" (pp. 3-30); A. Goshen-Gottstein, "Hillel and Jesus: Are Comparisons Possible?" (pp. 3155); M. Weinfeld, "Hillel and the Misunderstanding of Judaism in Modern Scholarship" (pp. 56-70); D. Flusser, "Hillel and Jesus: Two Ways of Self-Awareness" (pp....