Language:
English
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Semeia; an Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism
Angaben zur Quelle:
59 (1992) 155-191
Keywords:
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christianity and antisemitism
Abstract:
Matthew is regarded as the most antisemitic of the Gospels. The Gospel's effect is achieved by using the technique of the "implied author" and by resorting to specific language. The "implied author" of the Gospel regards Jesus and his followers (including the prospective readers) as God's children in a certain sense, and hence he excludes the Jews (not being "God's children") from salvation. The Jew is presented as "the Other, " and the author appeals to the reader to join him in hatred of "the Jew." However, the actual author of the Gospel could hardly have meant to present all the Jewish people as his antagonists; more likely, he was referring to some majority group in the normative Judaism of his time. Nevertheless, the readers of all ages identified this group with the Jews.
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