Antisemitism and the Foundations of Christianity
Antisemitism and the Foundations of Christianity

Author: Alan T. Davies

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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"No one would disagree with the assessment that Christians, over the centuries, have been guilty of antisemitism, sometimes with barbarous results. The real question is not whether individual Christians have been antisemites, but whether antisemitism is somehow ingrained in the very roots of Christianity, in its very essence. Rosemary Ruether has declared that antisemitism is the "other side of Christology," the inevitable fallout of placing Jesus at the right hand of the Father. The contributors to this volume consider that larger question from several vantage points. their findings are vitally important for Christians and Jews alike. Not only do they explore the beginnings of Christian antisemitism, they help us understand the dynamics of the religious impulse for all peoples and all times."-Publisher.

Anti-Semitism and the Foundations of Christianity
Anti-Semitism and the Foundations of Christianity

Author: Alan T. Davies

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2004-01-09

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1592444598

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No one would disagree with the assessment that Christians, over the centuries, have been guilty of anti-Semitism, sometimes with barbarous results. The real question is not whether individual Christians have been anti-Semites, but whether anti-Semitism is somehow ingrained in the very roots of Christianity, in its very essence. Rosemary Ruether has declared that anti-Semitism is the other side of Christology, the inevitable fallout of placing Jesus at the right hand of the Father.The contributors to this volume consider that larger question from several vantage points. Their findings are vitally important for Christians and Jews alike. Not only do they explore the beginnings of Christian anti-Semitism, they help us understand the dynamics of the religious impulse for all peoples and all times.The contributors to this volume include John C. Meagher, Douglas R.A. Hare, Lloyd Gaston, John T. Townsend, David Efroymson, Monika K. Hellwig, Gregory Baum, John T. Pawlikowski, Douglass J. Hall, Alan T. Davies, Terence R. Anderson, and Rosemary R. Ruether.

The Rhetoric of Antisemitism
The Rhetoric of Antisemitism

Author: Amos Kiewe

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-28

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1793630917

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The Rhetoric of Antisemitism was prompted by studying the decision of Vatican II (1965) to repudiate antisemitism. A close analysis revealed that the Catholic Church focused on the foundational issue in antisemitism—the charge of eternal guilt whereby Jews are forever guilty of killing Christ. This repudiation of antisemitism came with a rhetorical explanation of this hatred, a perspective rarely explored. In advancing the rhetorical perspective, this book focuses on the initial struggle Christianity experienced with Judaism, intensifying a hatred thereof, and settling on a religious dogma of eternal guilt meant to perpetuate antisemitism for eternity. Kiewe tackles the similar approach Islam has taken in its tension with Judaism and how it was turned centuries later into the Arab-Israeli conflict, significantly with the help of Nazi-antisemitism and propaganda. This volume also discusses the significant rise of antisemitism in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the forgery pamphlet The Protocols of the Elders of Zion that promoted the charge of Jewish world domination, and the more recent Durban Conference (2001) as a major turning point in conflating antisemitism and anti-Zionism, including the linguistic games used to merge antisemitism with anti-Israelism. Finally, in the decision by Vatican II to accept the guilt over antisemitism and seeking its end, both the foundation and a solution to this hatred are evident.

Recommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy, and Burn All Jewish Books
Recommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy, and Burn All Jewish Books

Author: Johann Reuchlin

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780809139729

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While he was condemned himself for his stand, the book opened the eyes of scholars and political leaders to the need to understand and appreciate the wealth of religious truth and insight in the Talmud and other works. Reuchlin did not stop anti-Semitism in the Reformation by either Catholics or Protestants, but he stemmed the advance of those vowed to wipe Judaism out in Europe and began the long, slow movement in the West to appreciate and learn what Judaism really was."--BOOK JACKET.

Christian Antisemitism
Christian Antisemitism

Author: William Nicholls

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 1568215193

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In Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate, Professor William Nicholls, a former minister in the Anglican Church and the founder of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, presents his stunning research, stating that Christian teaching is primarily responsible for antisemitism.

Confronting Antisemitism from the Perspectives of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Confronting Antisemitism from the Perspectives of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

Author: Armin Lange

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 3110671883

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This volume engages with antisemitic stereotypes as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred. These religious symbols are stored in Christian, Muslim and even today’s secular cultural and religious memories. This volume explores how antisemitic religious symbol systems can play a key role in the construction of group identities.

The Encyclopedia of Christianity
The Encyclopedia of Christianity

Author: Erwin Fahlbusch

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 924

ISBN-13: 9780802824158

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"The Encyclopedia of Christianity is the first of a five-volume English translation of the third revised edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Its German articles have been tailored to suit an English readership, and articles of special interest to English readers have been added. The encyclopedia describes Christianity through its 2000-year history within a global context, taking into account other religions and philosophies. A special feature is the statistical information dispersed throughout the articles on the continents and over 170 countries. Social and cultural coverage is given to such issues as racism, genocide, and armaments, while historical content shows the development of biblical and apostolic traditions."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Christ at the Checkpoint
Christ at the Checkpoint

Author: April Alexander

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1610972309

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What does the evangelical church in Palestine think about the land, the end times, the Holocaust, peace in the Middle East, loving enemies, Christian Zionism, the State of Israel, and the possibilities of a Palestinian state? For the first time ever, Palestinian evangelicals along with evangelicals from the United States and Europe have converged to explore these and other crucial topics. Although Jews, Muslims, and Christians from a variety of traditions have participated in discussions and work regarding Israel and Palestine, this book presents theological, biblical, and political perspectives and arguments from Palestinian evangelicals who are praying, hoping, and working for a just peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.

Augustine and the Jews
Augustine and the Jews

Author: Paula Fredriksen

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0300166281

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In Augustine and the Jews, Fredriksen draws us into the life, times, and thought of Augustine of Hippo (396–430). Focusing on the period of astounding creativity that led to his new understanding of Paul and to his great classic, The Confessions, she shows how Augustine’s struggle to read the Bible led him to a new theological vision, one that countered the anti-Judaism not only of his Manichaean opponents but also of his own church. The Christian Empire, Augustine held, was right to ban paganism and to coerce heretics. But the source of ancient Jewish scripture and current Jewish practice, he argued, was the very same as that of the New Testament and of the church—namely, God himself. Accordingly, he urged, Jews were to be left alone. Conceived as a vividly original way to defend Christian ideas about Jesus and about the Old Testament, Augustine’s theological innovation survived the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and it ultimately served to protect Jewish lives against the brutality of medieval crusades. Augustine and the Jews sheds new light on the origins of Christian anti-Semitism and, through Augustine, opens a path toward better understanding between two of the world’s great religions.