Rabbi Jacob Neusner

Lives there a man who actually deplores Jesus' Sermon on the Mount? Yes, there does. His name is Jacob Neusner, and he is a highly esteemed and scholarly orthodox rabbi and professor, with more than 900 books to his credit, including several that take Jesus to task for His teachings.

So begins Hurd Baruch's piece casting doubt whether "there can be an honest dialogue between the Church and representatives of Judaism about theology, as opposed to social-welfare projects" — Pope & Rabbi Square Off Over the Teachings of Jesus. The rabbi is at least right that "the conception of a Judeo-Christian tradition that Judaism and Christianity share is simply a myth in the bad old sense: a lie."