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October 24, 2023

What Judaism Today Can Learn from an Idiosyncratic Jewish Scholar’s Interpretation of Christianity

Pinchas Lapide and the resurrection.

On the subject of Jewish-Catholic relations, I’d like to draw your attention to an essay by my friend and colleague Rabbi Mark Gottlieb on the eccentric theories of a scholar, Israeli diplomat, and devout Jew named Pinchas Lapide (1922–97). Lapide argued in one of his several books that the Christian doctrine of Jesus’ resurrection does not contradict Jewish theology—even if other Christian claims about him do. Gottlieb explains how Lapide built his theory on the works of the rabbinic giants Moses Maimonides (1135–1204) and Jacob Emden (1697–1776), and its relevance for Jews today:

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