2 Anti-Jewish Polemic in the Glossed Books of the Bible 38

2019 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Anti Jewish

scholarly journals Remembrance of Jews in contemporary catholic homilies

Stylistyka ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 265-287
Author(s):  
Marzena Makuchowska
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Liturgical Year ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
Catholic Homilies ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
The Catholic Church

The paper discusses the problem of transferring the memory of Jews through Polish contemporary Catholic homilies. In the biblical pericopies read throughout the liturgical year during Catholic mass, generally Jews play a negative role – as persecutors and killers of Jesus. According to the provisions of the Second Vatican Council, anti-Jewish content cannot be proclaimed in the Catholic Church, and the Bible, which according to the doctrine must remain unchanged, should be adequately commented on in homilies. The paper – on the example of about 40 homilies – shows, however, that priests who preach homilies do not use modern exegetic knowledge, but replicate stereotypes deeply rooted in culture, thus reproducing the centuries-oldmyth of the Jews as killers of God.

HIERONYMUS UND EPIPHANIUS VON SALAMIS ÜBER DAS JUDENTUM IHRER ZEIT

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Lössl
Keyword(s):  
Christian Theology ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Rabbinic Judaism ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
Do So

AbstractCompared to other Christian authors of the late 4th, early 5th century A.D. Jerome and Epiphanius of Salamis frequently write about Jews and Judaism. And they do so in a historical and biographical context which they largely share. Their frequent use of anti-Jewish polemics, however, has earned them a certain notoriety. But, as is argued in this paper, while their attitude in this respect is, of course, deplorable, it may be less a sign of their ignorance of, and distance from, than their proximity to, the Judaism of their time. Both, Jerome and Epiphanius, draw from very early Christian sources, sources still close to their Jewish roots. They define orthodoxy and heresy in terms of religious practices, very similar to Rabbinic Judaism, they are obsessed with scriptural detail, they reject the veneration of images, and they are interested in the languages and cultures of the Bible, far more than any other of their Christian contemporaries, or, indeed, Christians of any age. Considering their influential role in the history of Christian theology it may be worth looking at some of these aspects in detail, and see how they could have contributed not so much to the exclusion as to the preservation of the Jewish heritage in Christianity.

Formulating His Beliefs

1998 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Sefton D. Temkin
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Resurrection Of The Dead ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
Systematic Exposition

This chapter shows how Isaac Mayer Wise made his first attempt at anything like a systematic exposition of the basic ideas of Judaism. In the first place, he expounds a Maimonidean viewpoint as regards the Bible. Wise also expounds the basic doctrines of Judaism. ‘Judaism’, he declares, ‘is based upon four leading ideas and has, therefore, four principles’. The chapter explores these four principles. Doctrines and observances which did not correspond to these ideas had to be rejected as ‘anti-Jewish and foreign to our system’. Furthermore, Wise’s concern with the resurrection of the dead must also be ascribed to controversies in which he had been engaged immediately before.

A Hard Yoke Upon Their Neck

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-206
Author(s):  
Michael E. Pregill
Keyword(s):  
Literary Texts ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Golden Calf ◽  
Rabbinic Judaism ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Patristic Literature ◽  
Historical Relationship ◽  
Anti Jewish

This chapter compares the presentations of the Golden Calf narrative in the literary texts of early Christianity and early rabbinic Judaism. The promotion of anti-Jewish readings of the Golden Calf narrative by the early Christian movement, especially after Christianity’s establishment as an imperial religion, would compel Jewish exegetes to adopt new apologetic interpretations that were more imaginative, as well as more evasive, concerning the issue of the culpability of both Aaron and the Israelites for their deed at Sinai. Virtually from the outset, the early Christian movement made use of the Calf narrative as proof of the disconfirmation of the formerly chosen Israel in favor of the Christian Church, positioned as the true Israel and new chosen people. Early Christian exegetes strove to emphasize the illegitimacy of the Jews’ continuing claim to covenantal priority, but this effort was tempered by the necessity of validating Israel’s historical relationship with God and the authenticity of the Bible as true revelation. Notably, these exegetes’ understanding of the significance of Israel’s idolatry with the Calf often appears to reflect an awareness of older Jewish approaches to the story. In turn, the major revisions of the episode seen in later rabbinic tradition can be read as a response to the promotion of specific anti-Jewish themes in patristic literature. Thus, despite the mutual opposition and hostility expressed by spokesmen of both communities, a basic symmetry, even symbiosis, between Jewish and Christian traditions is characteristic of this phase of development of accounts of Israel’s making of the Calf.

A School of Christian Hebraists in Thirteenth-Century England: A Unique Hebrew-Latin-French and English Dictionary and its Sources

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
Hebrew Text ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Ben Sira ◽  
The Bible ◽  
French And English ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
Christian Hebraism

AbstractThis paper is a preliminary presentation of a unique Hebrew-Latin-Old French dictionary written by Christian scholars in 13th century England, to appear shortly in print. The authors of this exceptional work did not follow the patristic tradition of Christian Hebraism and did not focus on anti-Jewish polemics, but rather turned to Jewish Rabbinic and Medieval sources, such as commentaries of Rachi, the lexicon of Solomon ibn Parhon or Alpha Beta de-Ben Sira for their understanding of the Hebrew text of the Bible. Following the grammatical approach of the classical Spanish school of Hebrew grammar, this dictionary is a real 'philological' work. It stems from a Christian tradition of the use of the Hebrew Bible for correcting the Vulgate as represented by the bilingual Hebrew-Latin Bible manuscripts produced and studied in England in the late 12th and 13th centuries.

Reconceiving the Paradigms of Old Testament Theology in the Post-Shoah Period1

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-160
Author(s):  
Marvin A. Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
Theological Interpretation ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Northern Kingdom ◽  
Protestant Christianity ◽  
Human Responsibility ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper examines the changed situation in the field of Christian Old Testament theology in the aftermath of the Shoah or Holocaust. It begins by pointing to the paradigm shift now taking place in the field as it moves from Enlightenment epistemological paradigms of historical objectivity and universality to postmodern paradigms that emphasize the subjectivity of the interpreter and the validity of particularistic truth claims in a pluralistic world. It points to the dominance of Protestant theology and theologians in the field during the Enlightenment and the impact that Protestant Christianity had in presenting its own subjective theological views of the Old Testament as objective and universal, often with anti-Jewish overtones. With the emergence of Jews and other previously marginalized groups in the field of biblical studies since the end of World War II, the time has come to recognize that Jews are legitimate theological interpreters of the Bible and that the specific concerns of Judaism and the Jewish people are valid topics for theological reflection in the field of Christian Old Testament theology. This new situation has tremendous implications for the theological interpretation of biblical writings in that issues and writings that were previously overlooked, ignored, or rejected must come to the forefront. Two examples, the book of Amos and the book of Esther, demonstrate the potential for such change. Recognition of Amos' particular national identity as a Judean points to his partisan nature as an advocate of a vassal state of Judah that is subject to the control of the northern kingdom of Israel. The absence of G-d in the book of Esther points to the human responsibility to take action when confronted with evil. Altogether, this points to the possibility of more comprehensive theological reading of the Hebrew Bible.

scholarly journals Pomiędzy fascynacją a potępieniem. Żydzi i judaizm w pismach oraz biografii ks. prof. Józefa Kruszyńskiego (1877–1953) – przedwojennego rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego [Between Fascination and Reproach: Jews and Judaism in the Writings of Rev. Prof. Józef Kruszyński (1877–1953), Pre-war Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jolanta Majdanik
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Anti Jewish

Between Fascination and Reproach: Jews and Judaism in the Writings of Rev. Prof. Józef Kruszyński (1877–1953), Pre-War Rector of the Catholic University of LublinIn the first part of the essay, the author presents a sketch of the life and works of Rev. Józef Kruszyński, the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin. In the second part, she analyzes Kruszyński’s anti-Jewish writings, collected in the series “From the Field of Judeology”, against the backdrop of his broad literary work, most of which was made up by his original translations (including his translation of books of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Polish) and publications focused on the study of the Bible. Finally, the author retraces and examines the emergence of Kruszyński’s anti-Jewish views. Pomiędzy fascynacją a potępieniem. Żydzi i judaizm w pismach oraz biografii ks. prof. Józefa Kruszyńskiego (1877–1953) – przedwojennego rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu LubelskiegoW pierwszej części artykułu autorka przedstawia życie i działalność księdza Józefa Kruszyńskiego, rektora Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego. Druga część zawiera analizę publicystyki antyżydowskiej wydawanej w serii „Z Dziedziny Żydoznawstwa” na tle ogólnej, bogatej twórczości Kruszyńskiego, której większość stanowią prace biblistyczne oraz translatorskie (tłumaczenie z języka hebrajskiego na polski ksiąg Starego Testamentu). W końcowej części autorka śledzi początki i źródła antyżydowskich poglądów Kruszyńskiego.

scholarly journals Vom Umgang mit biblischen Texten in antisemitischen Kontexten

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Nicklas
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Anti Jewish

The Bible in anti-Semitic contexts The article focuses on the (ab-)use of New Testament texts in the time of National Socialism. After a definition of central terms, it describes how anti-Semitic authors interpreted biblical texts. It then presents an overview of authors who attempted to prove Jesus’ Aryan origins and anti-Jewish position (e g, the so-called “Pantherathesis”). After explaining how (and why) Paul is seen as “too Jewish” by Third Reich scholars, the article investigates the continuing influence of Nazi exegesis and concludes with an overview of recent developments regarding this issue.

The Russian Pogroms in Hebrew Literature and the Subversion of the Martyrological Ideal

AJS Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 263-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Mintz
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
Hebrew Literature ◽  
East European ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Cultural Medium ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
European Jewish ◽  
Anti Jewish

The developments triggered or accelerated by the anti-Jewish pogroms of 1881–1882 in Russia form a panorama of East European Jewish history at the end of the century: Zionism, the Bund, mass emigration and mass pauperization. The role of Hebrew literature in responding to these pogroms as well as to the later round of violence between 1903 and 1905 is significant for two reasons. In its own setting, Hebrew literature is crucial to an analysis of the consciousness of the period because it represents the response of an important segment of the intelligentsia of Russian Jewry, namely, those who associated themselves with national revival and its cultural medium, Hebrew. Hebrew fiction and poetry on the pogroms are also significant when studied in a vertical perspective, that is, in relationship to an evolved and elaborate set of traditions of response to catastrophe in Hebrew sources from the Bible and midrash through the piyyutim, chronicles, and consolation texts of the Middle Ages. Hebrew writing between 1881 and 1905 both partakes of that tradition and rebels against it, and in so doing reconstitutes the tradition; and it is that new tradition which must be confronted, evaded, or subverted when the literary imagination faces the more destructive pogroms of the World War I period and later the Holocaust itself.

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