Sprache:
Deutsch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2013
Titel der Quelle:
Freiburger Rundbrief; Zeitschrift für christlich-jüdische Begegnung
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,2 (2013) 107-119
Schlagwort(e):
Luther, Martin,
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Christianity and other religions Judaism 16th century
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History
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Christianity and antisemitism History 16th century
Kurzfassung:
In 1543, Luther wrote “Von den Juden und ihren Lügen” in which he violently attacked Jewish interpretation of the Bible, accused the Jews of blasphemy, and advised Christians to carry out seven remedial actions against them: to close the synagogues and Jewish schools, confine the Jews to “Jewish houses”, confiscate prayer books and the Talmud, prohibit rabbis from teaching, withdraw protection for Jews on the highways, prohibit usury, and obligate the Jews to engage in physical labor. During the twenty years which preceded the publication of the book, Luther had given up his original hope to convert the Jews. In his view, the obstinacy of the Jews in denying Jesus as the Messiah, and their criticism of the Christian religion (defined by him as a vilification of Jesus and of Mary), placed the religious unity of the population and the existing social order in extreme danger. Concludes that Luther was fully aware of the harshness of his stand; he believed that his was the correct interpretation of God's anger against Jewish blasphemy.
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