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.
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