An examination and evaluation of the anti-Jewish polemic in the Gospels as reflected in the scholarly debate over the last 15 years.
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Responding to a consciousness-raising look at Christian scripture from the viewpoint of a Jewish scholar at a Jewish-Catholic colloquium, Smiga courageously investigates the evaluations of Jews and Judaism in the gospels. He finds Mark combining subordinating polemic and silence, Matthew combining abrogating polemic and violence, Luke-Acts also containing abrogating polemic but with sophistication, and John having an abrogating anti-Judaism that universalizes "the Jews" to any persons who deny Christ. Smiga suggests that Christians need to repudiate all such polemic and to discern "what in the scriptures is gospel and what is to be understood as conditioned by the circumstances and prejudices of the original authors." This is an important book for religion collections.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Smiga makes his case after careful preparation and a thorough establishment of fact. His analysis, however, is tentative and almost reluctant. As a result, the conclusion of this text is anti-climactic and without real appeal.
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The first canonical gospel which we will examine is the gospel of Mark. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
subordinating polemic, disjunctive paradigm, strict connotation, continuous paradigm, prophetic polemic, evaluative claims, blood curse, wicked tenants, night trial, strong polemic, sabbath practice, evaluative stance, such polemic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The first canonical gospel which we will examine is the gospel of Mark. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
subordinating polemic, disjunctive paradigm, strict connotation, continuous paradigm, prophetic polemic, evaluative claims, blood curse, wicked tenants, night trial, strong polemic, sabbath practice, evaluative stance, such polemic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Christian Jews, Jewish Christians, New Testament, Christian Israel, Gentile Christians, Johannine Jesus, Lloyd Gaston New!
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- The Jews in Luke-Acts by Jack T. Sanders on 6 pages
- Anti-Semitism and the Foundations of Christianity by Alan T. Davies in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Faith and Fratricide by Rosemary Radford Ruether in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Parable and Story in Judaism and Christianity (Stimulus Books) by Clemens Thoma in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Luke-Acts: The Promise of History by Donald Juel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Justice, Jesus and the Jews: A Proposal for Jewish Christian Relations by Michael L. Cook in Front Matter, page 31, and Back Matter
- Visions of the Other: Jewish and Christian Theologians Assess the Dialogue by Frank P. DeSiano in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- What Price Prejudice?: Christian Antisemitism in America (Stimulus Books) by Frank E. Eakin Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Has God Only One Blessing?: Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding (Contraversions Jews and Other Differences) by Mary C. Boys in Back Matter
- Sharing Shalom: A Process for Local Interfaith Dialogue Between Christians and Jews (Stimulus Book) by Philip A. Cunningham in Back Matter
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