Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 The Messiah in the Mishnah, in the Gospels, and in Acts -- 1 What the Messiah stands for in the Mishnah -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- 2 The Messiah in the Gospels and in Acts -- The documentary presentation -- The argument within the sources -- PART 2 Who is the true Israel in Genesis Rabbah and in Paul? -- 3 Israel as the holy family In Genesis Rabbah -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- 4 Body of Christ: Christianity's Israel in 1 Corinthians and Romans -- Introduction -- The two letters to Corinth and the letter to the Romans -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- PART 3 The meaning of history in Leviticus Rabbah and in Hebrews -- 5 The rule of pagan empires and the kingdom of God in Leviticus Rabbah -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- 6 Christianity's history and the Epistle to the Hebrews -- Introduction -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- PART 4 Death and resurrection in the Talmud and in Origen -- 7 The death of death in the Talmud of Babylonia -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- 8 Transformed life: Christianity's (and Origen's) resurrection -- Introduction: Jesus and Paul -- Origen -- The refinement of spiritual resurrection in the argument between Origen and Augustine -- PART 5 Love of God in Song of Songs Rabbah and in Christian eschatology -- 9 Israel and God as teen-age lovers in Song of Songs Rabbah -- The document -- The doctrine as set forth by the document -- 10 The love of God in a fallen world: eschatology -- Introduction -- Eschatology as text -- The doctrine as set forth by Christian eschatologies -- Notes -- Index.