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: 314
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.

The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity

The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity
Author: Edwin K. Broadhead
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2017-07-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161544545

The Gospel of Matthew is an oeuvre mouvante (a work in process), and the dynamics of this process are essential to its identity and function. This understanding of the Gospel of Matthew stands in distinction from the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel. Focused instead on tradition history-the history of composition and transmission-Edwin K. Broadhead's approach keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew. As a result, the consistently Jewish textures of this gospel are emphasized, there is a broader engagement with the landscape of antiquity, and serious attention is given to further developments in the history of transmission. This focus on the developing tradition thus highlights, rather than suppresses, the viability and the generative potential of such discourses.

The God of Israel and the Nations

The God of Israel and the Nations
Author: Norbert Lohfink
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814659250

Their investigations show that the biblical testimony supports the churches' affirmation: God's covenant with Israel stands forever."--BOOK JACKET.

The Dividing Wall

The Dividing Wall
Author: Martin Wright
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567698483

This book argues for the integrity of the Pauline Corpus as a complex, composite text. Martin Wright critiques the prevailing tendency to divide the Corpus in two, separating the undoubtedly authentic letters from those of disputed authorship. Instead, he advocates for a renewed canonical hermeneutic in which the Corpus as a whole communicates Paul's legacy, and the authorship of individual letters is less important, stressing that that current preoccupations with authorship have a distorting effect on exegesis, and need to be reconsidered. Wright uses Ephesians as a focal text to illustrate the exegetical potential of this approach. He critically investigates the history of the prevailing hermeneutics of pseudonymity, with particular attention to the theological and confessional partiality with which it is often inflected. And constructively, he proposes a new hermeneutical model in which the Pauline Corpus is read as a continuous interpretative dialogue, leaving the question of authorship to one side. In two substantial exegetical studies, Wright offers new readings of passages from Ephesians and other Pauline letters, amplifying the proposed approach and illustrating its value.

Israel's 70th Anniversary: Insights and Perspectives

Israel's 70th Anniversary: Insights and Perspectives
Author: Regina Polak
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3847012061

The aim of the volume is to offer interdisciplinary insights unknown to many into the interior of the religious, cultural and political laboratory that is Israel. Europe can learn a lot from Israel: The handling of religious diversity within the country; the meaning of the Hebrew language; the integration of more than a million Jewish immigrants; the development of a dynamic economy; a flourishing education and science system; a rich culture in the field of literature and above all film; and last but not least the lively, constant and conflictual struggle for democracy. Additionally, the question of Israel-related anti-Semitism is debated from the perspective of Jewish studies, social sciences and Catholic theology.

Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew

Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew
Author: Matthias Konradt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: RELIGION
ISBN: 9781481301893

"Explores the relationship between the particular salvation of the Jews and the universal salvation of all people in the gospel of Matthew"--Provided by publisher.

Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, Vol. 2

Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, Vol. 2
Author: horst Balz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2004-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802828088

The English translation of the three-volume Exegetisches Wrterbuch zum Neuen Testament, this monumental work by an ecumenical group of scholars is first of all a complete English dictionary of New Testament Greek. Going beyond that, however EDNT also serves as a guide to the usage of every New Testament word in its various contexts, and it makes a significant contribution to New Testament exegesis and theology. EDNT's thorough, lengthy discussions of more significant words and its grouping of words related by root and meaning (with alphabetical cross-references) distinguish it from simpler Greek-English lexicons. Advancing the discussion of the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, EDNT summarizes more recent treatments of numerous questions in New Testament study and takes into consideration newer viewpoints of linguistics.

A Broad Place

A Broad Place
Author: Juergen Moltmann
Publisher: SCM Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2013-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0334048761

Among the most acclaimed and accomplished theologians of the last 100 years, Jurgen Moltmann is also one of the most popular. This autobiography will certainly be widely read in the churches and the academy and will shed light on the intellectual development of this enormously influential theologian. He has marked the history of theology after the Second World War in Europe and North America like no other. He is the most widely read, quoted, and translated theologian of our time. Now, after Jurgen Moltmann has celebrated his eightieth birthday, he looks back on a life engaged in and forging a Christian response to the tumult and opportunities of our time. In his autobiography Jurgen Moltmann tells his life story, from the Hamburg youth in the "alternative" parental home up to the present moment, and he reflects on the journey of his own theological development and creativity. A wide-ranging document alert to the deeper currents of his time and ours, A Broad Place is an entertaining reconsideration of a life full of intense experience and new beginnings.

Arab Evangelicals in Israel

Arab Evangelicals in Israel
Author: Azar Ajaj
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149827952X

The essays contained in this book provide an introduction to the history, challenges, and hopes of contemporary evangelical Arab Christians in Israel (and to a lesser degree in the West Bank). After opening with a general overview of Arab Christianity in the Holy Land, the following chapters treat different aspects of the evangelical Arab experience: the founding of the Convention of Evangelical Churches in Israel (CECI) as well as a theological seminary for the training of church workers (Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary [NETS]), the self-understanding of Arab Baptists in terms of their identity and relation to other groups in Israel, an Arab perspective on the relationship between Arab evangelicals and Messianic Jews, as well as the struggles, hopes, and fears of another "evangelical" community that is usually hidden from view, namely, that of Muslim converts to Christianity in Israel, the West Bank, and the Middle East in general. The final chapter offers a detailed bibliography on "Arabophone Christianity" in Israel and Palestine.