the sin of Israel with the full impact in order to let guilty mankind survive, a position that Kaiser thought could be interpreted as being close to the traditional evangelical Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53. The interpretation of Israel as a guilt offering is less clear in the mind of Kaiser, when comparing Isaiah 29:13 with Isaiah 53:9: He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth (Isaiah 53:9 NIV) “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. (Isaiah 29:13 NIV) In responding, Lapide sees the selfless sacrifice of the Jewish prophets as synonymous with Israel becoming acceptable through the imputed righteousness of God. Likewise, he understands Jesus' suffering in the context of Isaiah 53 as a microcosm of the suffering of Israel as a people. To conclude, Lapide accepts Jesus as the Messiah of the Gentiles, a position he substantiates more clearly in his book The Resurrection of Jesus: A Jewish Perspective. Furthermore, he suggests that the return of Jesus in the parousia will show him to be Israel's Messiah. Just as his interfaith agenda prescribed his presentation of Jesus, the same can be said of his unfamiliar and relatively non-threatening portrayal of Paul. Works Der Prophet von San Nicandro. Vogt, Berlin 1963, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1986. Rom und die Juden. Gerhard Hess, Ulm 1967, 1997, 2005 (3.verb.Aufl.). Three Popes and the Jews. 1967. Nach der Gottesfinsternis. Schriftenmissions-Verl., Gladbeck 1970. Auferstehung. Calwer, Stuttgart 1977, 1991 (6.Aufl.). Die Verwendung des Hebräischen in den christlichen Religionsgemeinschaften mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Landes Israel. Diss. Kleikamp, Köln 1971. Er predigte in ihren Synagogen. Mohn, Gütersloh 1980, 2004 (8.Aufl.). Am Scheitern hoffen lernen. Mohn, Gütersloh 1985, 1988. Wer war schuld an Jesu Tod? Mohn, Gütersloh 1987, 1989, 2000 (4.Aufl.). Ist das nicht Josephs Sohn? Jesus im heutigen Judentum. Mohn, Gütersloh 1988 . Ist die Bibel richtig übersetzt?" 2 Bd. Mohn, Gütersloh 2004. Der Jude Jesus. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1979, 2003 (3.Aufl.). Paulus zwischen Damaskus und Qumran. Mohn, Gütersloh 1993, 1995, 2001. The Resurrection of Jesus: A Jewish Perspective [Paperback] Pinchas Lapide, Wipf & Stock Pub, 2002. Jewish monotheism and Christian trinitarian doctrine: A dialogue [Paperback] Pinchas Lapide, Fortress Press (1981), Bibliography In the Spirit of Humanity, a portrait of Pinchas Lapide. In: German