Jesús Rafael Soto plays a starring role in Artnet Auctions' Contemporary Editions sale with five dynamic works.

"The Tribute Money" by Martino Rota, circa 1560 (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Bequest of Phyllis ... which regularly use the Pharisees as negative foils for Jesus and his followers.

Not many things made Jesus angry. He was the picture of patience and forgiveness even in the face of many serious human faults. But one thing often caused Jesus to fly off the handle ...

The story concludes with Jesus standing trial before a group of religious leaders who did not believe a (semi)divine messiah was coming to restore the Davidic kingdom. These were the Sadducees. Had it ...

In addition, this book is essential reading for scholars and laypeople who are interested in the subject of Jewish-Christian relations in the contemporary ... of Jesus – including the Pharisees ...

Though modern Christianity often focuses on Jesus’ disagreements with other Jews at the time, such as the Pharisees, their debates were squarely within Judaism, just as Jews still love to argue ...