Reddit reviews The Jewish Annotated New Testament

I've posted this before (a few times probably, haha), but this is a good Catholic "starter pack" list that I got from my classes:

Start here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764807188/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019925995X/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Then go here:

https://www.amazon.com/Story-Christianity-Vol-Church-Reformation/dp/006185588X

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061855898/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T5D86TV1MTCSQAYZ4GHR

G.K. Chesterton is always a good supplement (Heretics and Orthodoxy):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ALKPW4S/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

One of the best apologetic anti-atheist books:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587314525/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bible Study:

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Testament-Anchor-Reference-Library/dp/0385247672/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477868333&sr=1-1&keywords=raymond+brown

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585169420/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809147807/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Jewish perspective on NT): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195297709/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Josephus not so obviously because he doesn't really talk about Christians. This tends to be the Jewish approach in general to Christianity: It is a foreign entity; a heresy that they have little interest in.

That said, most of what you're going to get are what we have from the early Christian writers talking about Jews, and inferring from there how they're being treated. For example, see Kraabel's work "Melito the Bishop and the Synagogue at Sardis: Text and Context," Studies Presented to George M.A. Hanfmann (1971) 77-85 as Melito was born Jewish but became a Christian later in life, and we can get a sense of how Christianity is considered a small and fairly insignificant group to the Jewish community at large.

Otherwise, the earliest reactions we have are either scattered documents from the Cairo Geniza, including a prayer against Christians being instituted in the Synagogues (apparently designed to keep the Judaeo-philic Christians from feeling comfortable in the Jewish prayer services, see S. J. D. Cohen, “In Between: Jewish-Christians and the Curse of the Heretics,”), or offhanded mentions in the Mishnah (2nd-3rd Cent CE) or Talmud (4-6 Cent. CE) itself, which has been heavily censored by Christian authorities overtime, but can occasionally be deciphered (even better where we have the original wording, you should see Peter Schäfer, Jesus in the Talmud (Princeton University Press, 2009) on that).

And if you want to know more about this topic in general, you should look into reading The Ways That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 2007, Shaye Cohen's The ways that parted: Jews, Christians, and Jewish-Christians ca. 100-150 CE, and while you're at it consider grabbing a copy of The Jewish Annotated New Testament

Yes, very much this. I bought the Jewish Study Bible a little while ago, and I can't recommend it enough. The translation is excellent, and the annotations, maps, and essays are out of this world. It's my go-to reference for anything Old Testament. (I've also been eyeing the Jewish Annotated New Testament, which is by the same editor.)

One thing to keep in mind is that all of these bibles, as well as the NOAB, are rather large from the extensive annotation and commentary. They're not something you could comfortably read on your lap or pack around to church. If that's your use case, you might think about getting a smaller NRSV without the annotations.

as flawed as it is, the most accessible translation out there of the Hebrew Bible is the JPS: this one is the newest.

for a fascinating, sometimes awkward, but totally totally literal translation of the Torah (only the first give), check out Everett Fox's translation

lastly, got to put a plug in for a Jewish translation of the NT recently published called The Jewish Annotated New Testament - it may help clarify Jewish readings of Christian scripture and vice versa.

I've heard good things about the Jewish Annotated New Testament if you're interested in Bible commentary from a Jewish perspective (or the Jewish Study Bible for the Tanakh/OT).

Additionally, Brad Young has written a number of more popular press style books. He's an evangelical professor who earned his Ph.D. at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, mentored by Jewish scholars, so he writes as a Christian with a thorough knowledge of Judaism. A good starting point would be Jesus the Jewish Theologian.

There is a Jewish annotated New Testament

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0195297709

I have read it back to back three times. KJV, ESV, NRSV. I want to read it again when/if I get my hands on this

And I will read entire chapters when people link me a verse or three.

If you want to talk about Jesus as a Jew (which I agree with you about), I wonder if this would be helpful?

The Jewish Annotated New Testament is a great resource. It'll help you understand the NT better, and it'll help you understand Judaism better.