Language:
German
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Kirche und Israel; Neukirchener theologische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
15,2 (2000) 154-170
Keywords:
Christianity and antisemitism
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Christianity and other religions Judaism
Abstract:
Argues that Christianity and rabbinical Judaism, which arose at about the same time, share an origin in biblical Judaism; but Christianity's universalism, beginning with Paul, caused it to condemn Judaism as particularistic, to substitute the Church for the Chosen People, and to reinterpret the Hebrew Bible as an allegory whose only function was to foretell the events of the New Testament. All that happened before Christ was only preparation for him; everything after Christ must be subjected to him, if necessary by force. Although the Reformation reinstated the Hebrew Bible as important in its own right, it continued to condemn the Jews. The Enlightenment rejected everything irrational in Christianity as a remnant of Judaism, an attitude which persisted in Protestantism into the 20th century. Thus, Christianity throughout the ages affirmed its identity as the negation of Judaism. At present, Christian theologians attempt to emphasize what the two religions have in common. Calls instead for recognition that Judaism and Christianity developed differently; they should exist side by side, each preserving its own legitimate identity.
Note:
Appeared also in "Vom Anti-Judaismus zum Anti-Israelismus" (2021) 153-171.
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Appeared also in "Neuer Antisemitismus - alte Vorurteile?" (2001).
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