Paul described his Jewish pedigree this way: “Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of ...

In contrast to Christianity's enduring obsession with them, Pharisees played a decidedly marginal role within Jewish tradition before the modern era — at least by name.

Who the Pharisees really were is a different question entirely, once we get past the Jewish polemic, the anti-Pharisee polemic of the gospels. And we realize the Pharisees were a conspicuous ...

Paul the Pharisee: A Vision Beyond the Violence of Civilization by John Dominic Crossan Westar scholar, co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan Crossan redefines Paul's legacy in "Paul ...

Mendes-Flohr, the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the Divinity School, was a foundational figure in the analysis of 19th- and 20th-century Jewish ...

Paul the Pharisee: A Vision Beyond the Violence of Civilization by John Dominic Crossan Westar scholar, co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan Crossan redefines Paul's legacy in "Paul the ...