Language:
English
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Cross Currents
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,4 (2000-2001) 458-473
Keywords:
New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian
;
Christianity and antisemitism
Abstract:
Argues that if Christianity wishes to relinquish supersessionist and triumphalist readings of the Bible, new methodologies of interpretation are not sufficient, since they ignore the social context of reader and reading. In the contemporary West (at least America), where Christianity is not tied to the state, there is no longer a need for supersessionist attitudes toward Judaism to buttress Christian power. A radical return to Christianity's Jewish roots can alter Christian anti-Judaism. One way to do this is liturgical, to re-Judaize the sacrament of the Eucharist by recognizing the Jewishness of the body of Jesus and to reconnect the Last Supper with the Jewish Passover. Thus, Christianity could move from its ignoring or "forgetting" of Judaism to establishing a connection based on the ideas of liberation and the founding of a community tied to God, not the state. Furthermore, remembering that the one whom they worship was Jewish would make Christians less likely to mistreat his people.
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