Justin Martyr and the Jews / by David Rokéah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rokeah, David, author.

Series:

Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; Volume 5.

Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; Volume 5

Standardized Title:

Yusṭinus Marṭir ṿeha-Yehudim. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justin, Martyr, Saint. Dialogue with Trypho.

Justin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston ; Köln : Brill, [2002]

Summary:

Justin Martyr, a second-century Gentile Christian apologist, was active in the Christian-Jewish propaganda war to convert each other and the pagans. He radicalized the ideas of St. Paul on the divine Election, Abraham, the Pentateuch, and the Gentiles. Justin's background, sources, and thought, and his place in the inter-religious propaganda war, are discussed, as are the irreconcilable views of Jesus and Paul on the Pentateuch and the Gentiles. Justin Martyr and the Jews considers the place of Paul and Justin's teachings in today's Christian-Jewish dialogue about the roots of early Christian Antisemitism, showing that the presuppositions of Paul and Justin must be abandoned if Christians and Jews today are to reach true understanding. As part of the search for such understanding, recent scholarly literature has been concerned with pre- and post-Holocaust inter-religious relations, as well as with the roots of Christian Antisemitism. Some scholars have endeavoured to show that Pauline teachings were misunderstood, and thereby exonerate Paul from the responsibility for Christian persecutions of Jews through the ages. These scholars have also attempted to make Paul a bridge between Christians and Jews in their modern dialogue. The present writer argues that this interpretation of Pauline teaching, followed and even radicalized by Justin, is unfounded.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / David Rokéah

A Biographical, Chronological and Literary Survey / David Rokéah

More About Questions Relating to the Dialogue with Trypho the Jew / David Rokéah

Did Justin Know Hebrew? / David Rokéah

Justin and Philo / David Rokéah

The Sources of Justin’s Knowledge of Judaism / David Rokéah

Paul and Justin on the Law (Torah) of Moses / David Rokéah

Paul and Justin on Abraham and the Status of the Gentiles / David Rokéah

More on the Attitudes of Paul and Jesus to the Torah and the Gentiles / David Rokéah

More on the Role of the Forefathers of Mankind, and the Rationale of the Religious Injunctions (Mitzvoth) in the Early Jewish-Christian Polemic / David Rokéah

From Abraham to Jacob-Stages in the Election Polemic / David Rokéah

Summary / David Rokéah

Bibliography and Abbreviations / David Rokéah

Index of Sources / David Rokéah

General Index / David Rokéah

Jewish and Christian Perspective Series / David Rokéah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-42142-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004421424 DOI