Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.

"A useful synthesis of recent scholarship in early Jewish-Christian relations and a provocative basis for discussion of the future of modern Jewry in officially tolerant states." Speculum

• Foreword; Short titles for frequently cited texts; Introduction; Part I. Backdrop: 1. Jesus and the Jews: the gospel accounts; 2. Post-Gospel Christian argumentation: continuities and expansions; 3. Pre-twelfth-century Jewish argumentation; Part II. Data and Foundations: 4. The Jewish polemicists of southern France and northern Spain; 5. Scriptural and alternative lines of argumentation; Part III. Jesus as Messiah: 6. Biblical prophecy: messianic advent; 7. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah reviled and vindicated; Part IV. Rejection of the Messiah and Rejection of the Jews: 8. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: displacement of the Jews; 9. Biblical prophecy: redemption of the Jews; 10. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: Christian failures; Part V. The Messiah Human and Divine: 11. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah human and divine; 12. Human reason: the Messiah human and divine; Part VI. Jewish Polemicists on the Attack: 13. Christian Scripture and Jesus; 14. Comparative behaviors: Jewish achievement and Christian shortcoming; Part VII. Underlying Issues: 15. Techniques of persuasion; 16. Fashioning identities: other and self; Bibliography; Index of subjects and proper names; Scripture index.

Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.

"A useful synthesis of recent scholarship in early Jewish-Christian relations and a provocative basis for discussion of the future of modern Jewry in officially tolerant states." Speculum

• Foreword; Short titles for frequently cited texts; Introduction; Part I. Backdrop: 1. Jesus and the Jews: the gospel accounts; 2. Post-Gospel Christian argumentation: continuities and expansions; 3. Pre-twelfth-century Jewish argumentation; Part II. Data and Foundations: 4. The Jewish polemicists of southern France and northern Spain; 5. Scriptural and alternative lines of argumentation; Part III. Jesus as Messiah: 6. Biblical prophecy: messianic advent; 7. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah reviled and vindicated; Part IV. Rejection of the Messiah and Rejection of the Jews: 8. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: displacement of the Jews; 9. Biblical prophecy: redemption of the Jews; 10. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: Christian failures; Part V. The Messiah Human and Divine: 11. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah human and divine; 12. Human reason: the Messiah human and divine; Part VI. Jewish Polemicists on the Attack: 13. Christian Scripture and Jesus; 14. Comparative behaviors: Jewish achievement and Christian shortcoming; Part VII. Underlying Issues: 15. Techniques of persuasion; 16. Fashioning identities: other and self; Bibliography; Index of subjects and proper names; Scripture index.

Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.

"A useful synthesis of recent scholarship in early Jewish-Christian relations and a provocative basis for discussion of the future of modern Jewry in officially tolerant states." Speculum

• Foreword; Short titles for frequently cited texts; Introduction; Part I. Backdrop: 1. Jesus and the Jews: the gospel accounts; 2. Post-Gospel Christian argumentation: continuities and expansions; 3. Pre-twelfth-century Jewish argumentation; Part II. Data and Foundations: 4. The Jewish polemicists of southern France and northern Spain; 5. Scriptural and alternative lines of argumentation; Part III. Jesus as Messiah: 6. Biblical prophecy: messianic advent; 7. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah reviled and vindicated; Part IV. Rejection of the Messiah and Rejection of the Jews: 8. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: displacement of the Jews; 9. Biblical prophecy: redemption of the Jews; 10. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: Christian failures; Part V. The Messiah Human and Divine: 11. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah human and divine; 12. Human reason: the Messiah human and divine; Part VI. Jewish Polemicists on the Attack: 13. Christian Scripture and Jesus; 14. Comparative behaviors: Jewish achievement and Christian shortcoming; Part VII. Underlying Issues: 15. Techniques of persuasion; 16. Fashioning identities: other and self; Bibliography; Index of subjects and proper names; Scripture index.