Judaism and Christianity

Books for Jews and Christians who want to understand their shared roots and their long, complicated relationship.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's Kosher Jesus presents Jesus as an observant, Pharisaic rabbi. Judaism and the Origins of Christianity collects the articles of Professor David Flusser of the Hebrew University on the Jewish background of early Christianity, and Christianity and Judaism brings the work of Bible scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann. Frieda C. Hyman's The Pharisees sets out to restore the good name of the Pharisees.

For relations today, read Conflict and Connection by Moshe Aumann, a former Israeli diplomat for church relations, and for pilgrims there is How to Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus.