in his book A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, Jacob Neusner is uncomfortable with and ultimately rejects the Sermon on the Mount. As he says, “Only God can demand of me what Jesus is asking.”*11 Precisely! Rabbi Neusner clearly understands what is at stake. Is Jesus merely an expositor of Scripture, or is he the Word of God in person? The answer to the question is central to what makes a Christian a Christian.
