The Symbolic Jesus

Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84553-007-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 148 g

Reihe: Religion in Culture

It is widely accepted that Jesus was a Jew. However, both Christian and New Testament scholarship have a strong anti-Jewish history. 'The Symbolic Jesus' presents the controversies surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus. It examines the insistence among historical Jesus scholars that Jesus was a Jew and the ways this frames the figure of Jesus in ancient Christian literature. The book examines the anti-Jewish legacy of the past and more recent approaches to biblical scholarship. Contemporary identity issues - scholarly, political, religious and cultural - are shown to lie at the heart of the debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnal, William E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Mad Mel and the Cultural Prominence of Jesus; 2. Bad Karma: Anti-Semitism in New Testament Scholarship; 3. A Manufactured Controversy: Why the "Jewish Jesus" is a Red Herring; 4. The Jewish Jesus and Contemporary Identity; 5. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

William Arnal is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.