Anti-Judaism and the Gospels / edited by William R. Farmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farmer, William R. (William Reuben), 1921-2000, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Judaism (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Judaism (Christian theology).

Christianity and antisemitism--History.

Christianity and antisemitism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Trinity Press International, 1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

When and under what circumstances did the Gospel texts begin to serve anti-Jewish ends? Can it be said, accurately and fairly, that the evangelists were anti-Jewish? Are there tendencies in the Gospels that were originally intended by the evangelists to injure the Jewish people or their religion, or to work against the interests of the Jewish people and/or their religion?These and other issues were addressed in a three-year research project that culminated in a fall 1996 convocation, at which five major research papers were presented with two respondents to each paper. The papers and responses

Contents:

CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Introduction by William R. Farmer; 1. Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of Matthew by Amy-Jill Levine; 2. Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of Luke by Daryl D. Schmidt; 3. Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of John by David Rensberger; 4. Something Greater Than the Temple by Robert Louis Wilken; 5. Anti-Judaism in the Critical Study of the Gospels by Joseph B. Tyson; 6. Reflections on Anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in Christianity by E. P. Sanders; Contributors; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613207302

9781283207300

1283207303

9781441179241

1441179240

OCLC:

741690917