  == Neusner ==  This is screwed up: :In his book Jesus of Nazareth, Benedict XVI referred to Rabbi Jacob Neusner, a believing Jew, who concluded from his analysis of the Gospel texts that Jesus claimed to be God by asserting himself to be a higher authority than the Jewish Law which was given to the Jews by God through Moses. Now, Neusner is a credible authority on 1st century Judaism.  And Benedict XVI is an authority on Cathololic views.  But let's not mix them up.  Let's not cite Benedict's citing Neusner (unless they were having lunch together and just chatting).  If benedict cites neusner, let's find the book or article where Neusner said what he said, nmake sure that is what he said, and cite it.  in short, cite Neusner for Neusner's view, and Benedict for Benedict's view.  Whoever put this in, if you have the Benedict book, can you find the source for Neusner's view?    |   