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Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus by Susannah Heschel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp. 336. $48.00 cloth; $19.00 paper.

In this illuminating study, Susannah Heschel sheds new light on the figure of Abraham Geiger, a leading rabbi of Reform Judaism and brilliant scholar of philology, history, and theology. Heschel's book reveals the complexity of Geiger's position within German theological circles. While Geiger was marginalized within the academic community as an independent scholar, the boldness of his work commanded the attention of mainstream Christian ...