Language:
French
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Analecta Bollandiana; revue critique d'hagiographie
Angaben zur Quelle:
118,3-4 (2000) 241-265
Keywords:
Paulinus,
;
Ambrose,
;
Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
;
Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
History
Abstract:
Examines the role of Jews in various Christian traditions relating to the discovery of the "true Cross" in the 4th-5th centuries. Discusses the tradition of Ambrosius of Milano and Gelasius of Caesarea, who attribute the discovery of the Cross to the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great; a Syriac legend from the 5th century, replacing Helena with a fictitious queen, Protonike; as well as somewhat later Greek and Latin stories introducing Judas Kyriakos as the Empress' aide. The first tradition, which reflects the 4th-century story of Melania, is almost devoid of anti-Jewish comments. However, the legend of Protonike originated in Edessa, where tension was great between Jews and Christians, and is marked by anti-Jewish polemics. Suggests that anti-Jewish theological debates found in Greek and Latin versions of the stories reflect their Syriac origins.
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