The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees Versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus

by Israel Knohl and Dr. Israel Knohl

2023 Top Ten Book from the Academy of Parish Clergy

The Messiah Confrontation casts new and fascinating light on why Jesus was killed.

Grounded in meticulous research on the messianism debates in the Bible and during the Second Temple period, biblical scholar Israel Knohl argues that Jesus's trial was in reality a dramatic clash between two Jewish groups holding opposing ideologies of messianism and anti-messianism, with both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827615531
• ISBN13: 9780827615533
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"