Hyam Maccoby
British Jewish scholar of Talmud and early Christianity, long associated with Leo Baeck College in London; author of works such as The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity, Jesus the Pharisee, and Judas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil; argued that Paul played a central role in shaping Christianity distinct from Judaism and also wrote the play The Disputation.
Books
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1. Jesus The Pharisee
A New Look at the Jewishness of Jesus
Posits that Jesus belonged to the Pharisaic tradition of Second Temple Judaism rather than opposing it, recasting Gospel depictions of Pharisees as later polemics. It argues his chief antagonists were the Sadducean Temple authorities, questions the historicity of the trial narratives, and portrays his teachings as continuous with Pharisaic ethics and law. The work further claims that the original Jewish movement was later transformed by Hellenistic influences, particularly through Paul, which fueled enduring Christian misunderstandings of Judaism.
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