The Internal Foe

The Internal Foe
Author: Jeremy F. Worthen
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144380309X

The relationship between Christianity and other religions is a vital issue in the world today. This book provides a fresh perspective by exploring how Christian theology has been shaped over two millennia by interaction with its original religious “other”, continuing Judaism. It begins by describing the origins of the “classic framework” in Christianity that correlates claims about the gospel with judgments about Judaism as resistance to the new thing God has done in Jesus Christ. This framework binds Christianity to the task of interpreting Jewish presence, which then renders engaging with Judaism as well as rehearsing judgments about it integral to Christian theology’s development. The central chapters of the book demonstrate this in relation to three pivotal periods of Western history: 1050-1300 CE, early modernity and the first half of the twentieth century. They reveal the classic framework to have been remarkably resilient, despite sometimes radical adaptation, before, in and after modernity. The insights of Franz Rosenzweig about Judaism as Christianity’s “internal foe” resonate deeply with the book’s historical analysis. Does this mean that non-relativistic Christian theology must remain intrinsically anti-Jewish? The book concludes that it need not, if it can renounce its historic stance of hermeneutical comprehension.

Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism

Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism
Author: Anders Gerdmar
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004168516

Exploring the link between German biblical interpretation and anti-Semitism, this book is a fresh, comprehensive study of leading German exegetes, concluding that although Nazism brought anti-Semitic exegesis to a head, age-old thought structures provided powerful legitimation for oppression.

Future Israel

Future Israel
Author: Barry E. Horner
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805446273

Future Israel: Why Christian Anti-Judaism Must Be Challenged is volume three in the NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY STUDIES IN BIBLE & THEOLOGY (NACSBT) series for pastors, advanced Bible students, and other deeply committed laypersons. Author Barry E. Horner writes to persuade readers concerning the divine validity of the Jew today (based on Romans 11:28), as well as the nation of Israel and the land of Palestine, in the midst of this much debated issue within Christendom at various levels. He examines the Bible's consistent pro-Judaic direction, namely a Judeo-centric eschatology that is a unifying feature throughout Scripture. Not sensationalist like many other writings on this constantly debated topic, Future Israel is instead notably exegetical and theological in its argumentation. Users will find this an excellent extension of the long-respected NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY.

Anti-Judaism and Early Christian Identity

Anti-Judaism and Early Christian Identity
Author: Miriam S. Taylor
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2022-06-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004509488

Against the scholarly consensus that assumes early Christians were involved in a rivalry for converts with contemporary Jews, this book shows that the target of patristic writers was rather a symbolic Judaism, and their aim was to define theologically the young church's identity. In identifying and categorizing the hypotheses put forward by modern scholars to defend their view of a Jewish-Christian "conflict", this book demonstrates how current theories have generated faulty notions about the perceptions and motivations of ancient Christians and Jews. Beyond its relevance to students of the early church, this book addresses the broader question of Christian responsibility for modern anti-Semitism. It shows how the focus on a supposedly social rivalry, obscures the depth and disquieting nature of the connections between early anti-Judaism and Christian identity.

Christian Antisemitism

Christian Antisemitism
Author: Michael L. Brown
Publisher: Charisma House
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1629997609

Hate isn't a thing from history. The Jewish people and Israel have been described as "a dominant and moving force behind the present and coming evils of our day"; "a monstrous system of evil...[that] will destroy us and our children" if not resisted; and a group that seeks "the annihilation of almost every Gentile man, woman, and child and the establishment of a satanic Jewish-led global dictatorship." What's worse is that these comments were all made by professing Christians. In Christian Antisemitism, respected Messianic Bible scholar Michael L. Brown, PhD, documents shocking examples of modern "Christian" antisemitism and exposes the lies that support them. Carefully researched, this book shows that church-based antisemitism is no longer a thing of the past. Rather, a dangerous, shocking tide of "Christian" antisemitism has begun to rise. In Christian Antisemitism, Dr. Brown shows you how to stem this tide now and overcome the evil of "Christian" antisemitism with the powerful love of the cross! This book will show you how to confront everyday antisemitism in all areas of your life and become a champion for the people of Israel.

Christian Antisemitism

Christian Antisemitism
Author: William Nicholls
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1995
Genre: Antisemitism
ISBN: 1568215193

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.

From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism

From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism
Author: Robert Chazan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107152461

This book traces the hardening of Christian attitudes to Jews, Judiasm and their history during the second half of the Middle Ages.

Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel

Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel
Author: Reimund Bieringer
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664224110

A selection of essays from the Leuven Conference on the anti-Judaism of the fourth gospel, this volume includes essays from the world's best Johannine scholars.

Calvin and Luther: The Continuing Relationship

Calvin and Luther: The Continuing Relationship
Author: R. Ward Holder
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2013-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3647550574

The reforms begun by Luther and Calvin became two of the largest and most influential movements to arise in the sixteenth century, but frequently, these two movements are seen and defined as polar opposites – one's theology is Reformed or Lutheran, one is a member of a Reformed or Lutheran congregation. Historically, these were two very separate movements – but more remains to be understood that can best be analyzed in the context of the other.Just as surely as the historical question of the boundaries between Calvin and Luther, or Lutheranism and Calvinism must be answered with a resounding yes, the ongoing doctrinal questions offer a different picture. In the more systematic doctrinal articles, an argument is forwarded that the broad confessional continuity between Luther and Calvin on the soteriological theme of union with Christ offers still-unexplored avenues to both deeper understandings of soteriology. Through such articles, we begin to see the possibility of a rapprochement between Calvin and Luther as sources, though not as historical figures. But that insight allows the conversation to extend, and bear far greater fruit.Contributors are, J.T. Billings, Ch. Helmer , H.P. Jürgens, S.C. Karant-Nunn, R. Kolb, Th.F. Latini, G.S. Pak, J. Watt, T.J. Wengert, P. Westermeyer, and D.M. Whitford.

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
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110671883

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.