Language:
English
Year of publication:
1995
Titel der Quelle:
Biblical Theology Bulletin
Angaben zur Quelle:
25,1 (1995) 37-44
Keywords:
Paul,
;
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
Analyzes Pauline anti-Judaism utilizing concepts from the fields of social psychology and symbolic anthropology, examining especially the nature of prejudice and conflict. Because 1 Thess 2:14-16 contains anti-Jewish elements, scholars have been reluctant to attribute it to the author of Rom 9-11. Quotes New Testament texts which throw light on Paul's social and cultural world, and on his contacts with Jewish groups before and after the Thessalonian incident (ca. 51). References from his letters indicate that he occasionally felt inadequate, he may have been perceived by others, and by himself, as possessing marginal status, and he was under continuous attack from his opponents, mainly Jews who refused to accept Christianity. Each of these factors could be associated with the development and expression of prejudicial attitudes. Therefore, it is entirely possible that Paul was the author of 1 Thess 2:14-16. States, however, that his prejudice was of a religious rather than a racial nature; he appears to have been anti-Jewish and not antisemitic.
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