Language:
English
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
25,4 (1988) 524-537
Keywords:
New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Christianity and antisemitism History
;
Jews in the New Testament
;
Antisemitism New Testament teaching
Abstract:
Examines responses to anti-Jewish passages in the Gospels by way of reader-response criticism, which differentiates three types of reader: the implied, the ideal, and the real. While the implied reader understands the information imparted by the implied author, the ideal reader accepts and agrees with all the claims made by the text, without reservation. The Gospel narratives, which cast Jesus in the role of the hero and the Jews as the villain, encourage anti-Jewish attitudes in the ideal reader who may also be a real reader. That person may believe that all Jews, past and present, are guilty of deicide. But other passages in the Gospels discourage the negative view of Jews - for instance, the Jewish identity of Jesus himself and the emphasis on love in his teachings. Voices the hope that critique of the anti-Jewish reading will become more prevalent.
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