Shaul Magid, The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament.

In general, Soloveitchik seeks to demonstrate the compatibility of the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament with the teachings of the Rabbinic sages.[24] Thus, in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount (Magid, pp. 98-133) in Matt. 5:1-7:27, Soloveitchik presents and compares sayings of various Rabbinic sages quoted in the Babylonian Talmud. Shaul Magid, I The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: i Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the Gospels, edited, with an introduction and commentary by Shaul Magid, translation by Jordan Gayle Levy, foreword by Peter Salovey (Jewish Culture and Contents, published in association with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania. 6:1 and recited by Jews all over the world to this day, "Blessed are you, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, who brings forth (Heb. I hammotzi i ) bread from the earth", which Soloveitchik, like most Jews, refers to as "the I Motzi i blessing."[17] Influenced by Todd Endelman's thesis that "for the most part, Jewish conversion to Christianity in the modern period was an act of convenience rather than conviction,"[18] Magid argues that "the role of conversion in Soloveitchik's project is conspicuous in its absence." By adopting this treatment of New Testament references to resurrection, Soloveitchik sought, according to Magid, to defuse the debate between Jews and Christians on whether Jesus had arisen from the dead. [Extracted from the article]