Language:
German
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Kirche und Israel; Neukirchener theologische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
23,2 (2008) 127-142
Keywords:
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
Disagrees with exegetes who view John's negative stance toward the Jews as symbolic and not directed against real Jews. Emphasizes that John equates the Jews with the negative pole of his dualistic rhetoric, and that later anti-Jewish interpretations harmonize with the tenor of his text. John's description of the relationship between Christians and Jews is not a portrayal of historical circumstances, but an explanation of the conflict between the two poles (positive and negative) of his Christology, soteriology, and narration. States that the Gospel's Christology does not offer salvation to infidels, i.e. the Jews. Concludes that, although anti-Judaism is not the Gospel's main goal, the fact that John identifies the Jews with darkness, death, and infidelity, and calls them them the devil's children, has had a lasting impact on readers of the New Testament. The tendency by exegetes today to put quotation marks around John's use of the word Jew is viewed as an attempt to whitewash the Gospel after the Holocaust.
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