The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik

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      JEWISH CULTURE AND CONTEXTS

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      Names: Solovaitsik, Eliyahu Tsevi, ha-Levi, author. | Magid, Shaul, 1958– editor, writer of added commentary. | Levy, Jordan Gayle, translator. | Salovey, Peter, writer of foreword. | Translation of: Solovaitsik, Eliyahu Tsevi, ha-Levi. Kol kore, o, ha-Talmud veha-Berit ha-hadashah. | Commentary on (work): Solovaitsik, Eliyahu Tsevi, ha-Levi. Kol kore, o, ha-Talmud veha-Berit ha-hadashah.

      Title: The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament : Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s commentary to the Gospels / edited, with an introduction and commentary, by Shaul Magid ; translated by Jordan Gayle Levy ; foreword by Peter Salovey.

      Other titles: Kol kore, o, ha-Talmud veha-Berit ha-hadashah. English | Commentary on (work): Bible. Matthew. | Commentary on (work): Bible. Mark. | Jewish culture and contexts.

      Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019] | Series: Jewish culture and contexts | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018049427| ISBN 9780812250992 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 0812250990 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Matthew—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. | Bible. Mark—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. | Bible. New Testament—Relation to the Old Testament. | Rabbinical literature—Relation to the New Testament. | Judaism—Relations—Christianity. | Christianity and other religions—Judaism. | Solovaitsik, Eliyahu Tsevi, ha-Levi. Kol kore, o, ha-Talmud veha-Berit ha-hadashah.

      Classification: LCC BS2575.53 .S6513 2019 | DDC 226/.206—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018049427

      Frontispiece. Rabbi Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik. From Yahadut Lita: Temunot ve-Tsiyunim (Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook, 1959). Courtesy of Menachem Butler.

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