"Within Judaism"
Karin Hedner Zetterholm & Anders Runesson, Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2023. This book is truly amazing. Hedner Zetterholm, Runesson, and their excellent contributors pause to examine the subject itself, to explore what is at stake and for whom, and to put a conclusion to the different arguments. The authors of each section try to point to potential avenues forward, even as arguments over placing New Testament texts "within Judaism" continue to shake up the area of biblical studies. The twenty-five chapters' writers are knowledgeable experts in a challenging yet crucial area of study. Christians have interpreted parts of the New Testament as "Jewish" for centuries, understanding "Jewish" to be authored by (converted) Jews for other Jews. From a historical standpoint, it appears that these methods underv