Linafelt A Shadow of Glory

Reading the New Testament After the Holocaust
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-80521-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

The writers of the New Testament were largely Jewish and laying the blame for the Holocaust at their feet would be absurd. However, the later cultural origins of anti-semitism means that reading the New Testament after the event calls for a new ethics of interpretation. These essays address this grave issue in detail,

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linafelt, Tod

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Tod Linafelt

Part I: Issues in Interpretation

1. The Holocaust as Touchstone for Biblical Interpretation: Luke Timothy Johnson

2. Specters: Overtures to a Biblical Hauntology: Timothy K. Beal

3. Historical Criticism after the Holocaust: Mark George

4. The Role of the Old Testament in Ancient Christianity and the Problems of Anti-Semitism: Pamela Eisenbaum

5. Was Christianity Murdered at Auschwitz?: Rolf Rendtorff

6. Responsibilities and Opportunities for Doing New Testament Theology after the Holocaust: Lloyd Gaston

7. The Meaning of "Saturday" in Christian Scripture and Liturgy: Walter Brueggemann

8. Judaism in New Testament Scholarship Since the Holocaust: Craig Hill

9. Interruption: Against the Seamlessness of Reading: Gary A. Phillips

Part II: Engaging Texts

10. The "Trial" of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan

11. When Jesus was an Aryan: Susannah Heschel

12. Women as Witness in Post-Holocaust Perspective: Margie Tolstoy

13. The Passion of Jesus After Auschwitz: A Literary Approach: Tania Oldenhage

14. Blood on our Heads: A Jewish Response to Saint Matthew: Stephen L. Jacobs

15. Jesus' Use of Psalm 22 in Light of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah: Jane D. Schaberg

16. The Jew Paul and His Meaning for Israel: James D. G. Dunn

17. The Apostle and the Seed of Abraham: Richard L. Rubenstein

18. Jewish Scripture in the Epistle to the Hebrews: Jennifer L. Koosed

19. Mass Death and the Apocalypse: Kyle Keefer

Appendix: Suggestions for further reading

Über Autor(innen)

Tod Linafelt is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of Surviving Lamentations (2000).