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

Reviewed by Russ Resnik Jesus is Jewish—it’s a truism not just in Messianic Jewish circles, but also in the wider worlds of biblical and historical scholarship. Use of the name “Yeshua” rather than “Jesus” reflects this truth. The open question, though, is just how is Yeshua Jewish? What kind of Jew was he? The ongoing Jewish reclamation of Jesus, which responds to these questions in a variety of ways, has surprisingly deep roots, going back well into the nineteenth century. One little-known pioneer of this reclamation process was Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik, member of an illu