Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: who was Jesus of Nazareth? -- Part I. The rabbi. The rabbi and the stranger -- Romans and Jews -- The Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the zealots -- Jesus the rabbi -- Jewish law -- Miracles -- Jesus the healer -- Jesus never claimed to be divine -- The fantasy of the condemned and evil Jews -- Part II. The death of Jesus. The crucifixion -- Did Judas really exist? -- Brutal Pilate -- Barabbas -- A political death and the trial of Jesus -- Jesus' crimes -- Paul the Pharisee? -- Paul and the original apostles -- Placating Rome -- Part III. What Christians have to learn from the Jewish Jesus. Jesus, lover of Israel -- Jesus against evil -- Tinkering with the divine -- Part IV. Why the Jews cannot accept Jesus. The world's most successful idea -- Why Jews cannot believe in the divinity and messiahship of Jesus -- Divinity -- Judaism and paganism -- Virgin birth -- Splitting up divinity -- Original sin -- Salvation and repentance -- A Davidic messiah? -- Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies -- An eternal covenant -- Evangelist methods -- This world and the next -- Diversity and uniformity -- Embracing Jesus as a Jew -- Part V. Restoring Judeo-Christian values. What we can all learn from Jesus -- Jesus as a bridge between religions -- Jesus and American values -- The hyphen that unites us -- Appendix: What of the Jewish sources on Jesus?