Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust

by Paula Fredriksen, Adele Reinhartz

Overview

Current scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to nonspecialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While academic writing can be obscure and popular writing can be uncritical, this group of experts has striven to write as simply and clearly as possible on topics that have been hotly contested. The essays are arranged around the historical figures and canonical texts that matter most to Christian communities and whose interpretation has fed the negative characterizations of Jews and Judaism. A select annotated bibliography also gives suggestions for further reading. This book should be an excellent resource for academic courses as well as adult study groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664223281
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	11/30/2002
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paula Fredriksen is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. She has published widely in the social and intellectual history of ancient Christianity from the late Second Temple period to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.

Adele Reinhartz is Associate Vice-President of Research at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she also holds the position of Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Introduction	1
1.	The Birth of Christianity and the Origins of Christian Anti-Judaism	8
2.	Jesus, Ancient Judaism, and Modern Christianity: The Quest Continues	31
3.	Paul, the Apostle of Judaism	56
4.	Matthew, Mark, and Luke: Good News or Bad?	77
5.	The Gospel of John: How the "Jews" Became Part of the Plot	99
	Select Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading	117
	Contributors	119
	Index of Ancient Sources	121
	Subject Index	127