FROM THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE: Why a book on this topic? And why does a Jew write such a book? A focused study of the straightforward question that comprises the title has become increasingly imperativ…
Biblical scholarship becomes a fascinating subject for the general reader as well as for the serious student in this study of the literature of the Hebres Scriptures. The author approaches the book…
Filled with warm sympathy for Christianity but also with sturdy intellectual honesty and loyalty to Judaism, this classic work continues to clearly and forcefully guide both Christians and Jews in …
This book explains how the Bible was created; it explains many of the nuances of the words used by the Hebrews; it explains how the customs of the people are reflected in the Biblical stories; it e…
A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament introduces the text to Jewish readers. Samuel Sandmel applies scholarly criticism and provides historical background to the writings of the New Testament…
In this evocative biography of a man and his time, Dr. Sandmel has re-created the wild and dangerous court of Herod, renegade king of Jews. Herod is known to readers of the New Testament as the kin…