Language:
German
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
44,3 (1992) 195-220
Keywords:
Saat auf Hoffnung
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1500-
;
History
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Analyzes the image of the Jew in "Saat auf Hoffnung", the organ of the Evangelisch-Lutherischer Centralverein für Mission unter Israel, in the Wilhelmine period. Although opposed to antisemitism, writers tended to share accepted stereotypes of objectionable Jewish characteristics, a tendency that increased in the 1880s; however, they ascribed these faults not to race, but to lack of the true faith. The importance assigned to Israel in salvation history contrasted with aversion to actual Jews. The missionaries had a certain respect for Orthodox Jews, but saw in assimilated Jews (along with secularized Christians) representatives of the dangerous "modern Zeitgeist". In the 1890s some writers began to doubt the possibility or desirability of assimilation even of converted Jews, and advocated separate Christian-Jewish congregations; they welcomed Jewish nationalism as represented by the Zionist movement.
DOI:
10.1163/157007392X00024
URL:
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