Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ... and me : growing up Jewish in a Christian world / Arthur D. Ullian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ullian, Arthur D., 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Biography.

Jews.

Social conditions.

People with paralysis.

Jewish businesspeople.

United States.

Jewish businesspeople--United States--Biography.

People with paralysis--United States--Biography.

Jews--United States--Social conditions--20th century.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Antisemitism--History.

Antisemitism.

History.

Interfaith relations.

Jews--Social conditions.

Ullian, Arthur D., 1939-.

Ullian, Arthur D.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, New Hampshire : Bauhan Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"An upbringing in the WASP enclaves of suburban Boston gave Arthur Ullian an early taste of antisemitism, and later sent him on a search through Judeo-Christian history for the roots of discrimination against the Jewish people. Following a successful career in New England real estate and a life-changing accident that left him paralyzed at age 51, Arthur Ullian began to realize that not only did life in a wheelchair make him feel "different," but he had always felt like an outsider to some degree. This sent him on a multi-year research project investigating antisemitism from the New Testament to the Inquisition to the Holocaust. He came to see that over the course of his life he had, paradoxically, internalized the prevailing Christian view of the "Jewish character" and unconsciously attempted to replicate the social and material trappings of those who excluded him. From the world of private schools, cotillion classes, sailing yachts, and restricted clubs to the Halls of Congress where he successfully advocated for medical research with Christopher Reeve, Ullian's life is one that illustrates the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, or "Repair the World." In Matthew, Mark, Luke, John . . . and Me - a thoughtful, historically-grounded, and often humorous memoir - he interweaves personal experience with his exploration of the roots of stereotypes, ending with reasons to hope that historic Jewish-Christian enmities will fade and brotherhood prevail"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Apparently, My Family Murdered Their God

2. Be It Never So Humble

3. Wading in Deeper

4. My Introduction to the New Testament

5. Misappropriating Judaism

6. T Ain't No Judas"

7. Jewish Life Before Constantine

8. "Thanks for allowing us to use your country"

9. Stereotyped in the Arts

10. Back in History Class

11. What? We Killed Little Christian Boys?

12. Heading Off to College

13. Now I Am a Developer!

14. Dora: The Road to Marriage

15. The Crusades: Killing Two Infidels with One Stone

16. From the Renaissance to the Ghetto

17. If We Were the Usurers, Where Are Our Palaces?

18. The Inquisition and the End of Spanish Jewry

19. Shrink #1 Gives Me the Boot

20. My Life Takes an Unexpected Turn

21. My Second Career as a Lobbyist

22. "Kvelling" Over Ben

23. Moving Toward the Twentieth Century

24. The Senior Speech I Should Have Given in 1957.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Ullian, Arthur D., 1939- Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ... and me

ISBN:

9780872333246

0872333248

OCLC:

1141432919

Publisher Number:

99985952014