In Yeshua: A Model for Moderns, Leonard Swidler speaks as a modern Christian theologian - not so much about Christ, but about the historical Jesus, or rather, Yeshua, that religious Jew who walked this earth almost two thousand years ago. Swidler examines the 'Jewishness' of Yeshua, looking at him through the refracting lenses of the gospel and other helpful documents. Swidler shows how Yeshua provides a model on how to live a full human life: taking on responsibility for the oppressed of society, breaking through anti-feminine stereotypes, and providing an androgynous model for all to follow. This very readable book provides a biblical scholar's popular inroduction to recent biblical research into the Jewishness of Jesus.
