books by Hyam Maccoby

books by Hyam Maccoby

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Hyam Maccoby

Hyam Maccoby

Calder Publications Ltd, 2001

'A Righteous King Among the Gentiles?'
Initially filmed as a teleplay featuring Christopher Lee, Alan Dobie and Bob Peck in 1986, Hyam Maccoby's 'The Disputation' is at last available in book form. This tautly written drama is based on the well-known Barcelona disputation of 1263 between Christians and Jews ...

Early Rabbinic Writings (Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian World)
Hyam Maccoby

Cambridge University Press, 1988

Rabbinic texts are often cited in New Testament and Old Testament studies, but hitherto there has been no easy way for a student to grasp the scope and variety of the relevant rabbinic writings. This book introduces the student to the full range of the early rabbinic writings, with a thorough introduction and notes, so that both a bird's eye view ...

Ritual and Morality: The Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism

Hyam Maccoby

Cambridge University Press, 1999

ritual purity explained
The book provides an in-depth analysis of the the meaning and purpose of rituals in Jewish morality. Without resorting to undue technicalities ( always a risk while dealing with matters Jewish) Maccoby is able to show what is still relevant and what is obsolete in a ...

Judaism on Trial: Jewish-Christian Disputations in the Middle Ages (The Littman Library of Jewish ...

Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1993

fascinating
During the Middle Ages, kings and popes would sometimes force Jews to engage in "disputations" with Christian scholars, in the hope that the Jews would thereby be converted (or at least embarrassed). In some of these disputations, the Jews were treated somewhat ...

The Sacred Executioner: Human Sacrifice and the Legacy of Guilt

Hyam Maccoby

Thames & Hudson, 1983

Excellent Read
This author, being outside of the government-approved anthropological system, is able to get a behind-the-scenes look at the real, on-going cultures in parts of South America, which continue to practice human sacrifice. He also has done extensive research in human ...

The Mythmaker: Paul And the Invention Of Christianity

Hyam Maccoby

Barnes & Noble Books, 1986

Forensic? No! Thought-provoking? Yes!
*Paul was not an ethnic Jew, but rather a convert. *Paul was not a Pharisee; he impersonated that role. *Paul and Peter were not co-workers but rivals and perhaps enemies. *James the brother of Jesus was the key figure in Jewish Christianity and therefore in the ...

Jesus the Pharisee

Hyam MacCoby

Scm Press, 2003

Shocking and Amazing
In 1980, Maccoby wrote his first book entitled "Revolution in Judea"--don't bother trying to find this book--it's out of print. If you are somehow able to get a copy, grab it--it will open your eyes about what really happened in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. Be ...

Revolution in Judaea

Hyam MacCoby

Taplinger Pub Co, 1980

Solid scholarship supplemented by plausible speculation
`Revolution in Judaea' was first published in London in 1973 by Ocean Books as a paperback original, then in the U.S. in 1980 by Taplinger in hardback. Maccoby locates Jesus as a more-or-less mainstream Pharisee - a term which, to be properly understood, has to shed ...

Paul and Hellenism

Hyam Maccoby

Trinity Pr Intl, 1991

Paul the Pharisee or Saul the Gnostic?
In this more in-depth sequel to _The Mythmaker_, Hyam Maccoby continues to mount his case that Paul was not a Pharisee at all but something of a rogue who patched together a new religion out of Gnostic elements and a superficial smattering of Torah quotes. One of the ...

L'Exécuteur sacré : Le Sacrifice humain et le Legs de la culpabilité
Hyam Maccoby, Elsa Naouri-rooke

Cerf, 1999

Antisemitism and Modernity: Innovation and Continuity (Routledgecurzon Jewish Studies Series)
Hyam Maccoby

Routledge, 2006

The subject of anti-Semitism has acquired a new urgency and has been revised due to the conflict between Israel and Palestine. This book traces the now topical discussion of the origins of anti-Semitism to its development in the modern world. Questions that are addressed include: DT How is it that this medieval prejudice proved so lasting ...