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Salvation is from the Jews
The Image of Jews and Judaism in Biblical Interpretation, from Anti-Jewish Exegesis to Eliminationist Antisemitism
Series: - Studies in Theology and Religion, Volume: 32
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âUnheil,â curse, disaster: according to German scholar Gerhard Kittel, this is the Jewish destiny attested to in scripture. Such interpretations of biblical texts provided Adolf Hitler with the theological legitimatization necessary to realizing his âfinal solution.â
But theological antisemitism did not begin with the Third Reich. Ferdinand Baurâs nineteenth-century Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy empowered National Socialist scholars to construct an Aryan Jesus cleansed of his Jewish identity, building on Baurâs Enlightenment prejudices. Anders Gerdmar takes a fresh look at the dangers of the politicization of biblical scholarship and the ways our unrecognized interpretive filters may generate someone elseâs apocalypse.
But theological antisemitism did not begin with the Third Reich. Ferdinand Baurâs nineteenth-century Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy empowered National Socialist scholars to construct an Aryan Jesus cleansed of his Jewish identity, building on Baurâs Enlightenment prejudices. Anders Gerdmar takes a fresh look at the dangers of the politicization of biblical scholarship and the ways our unrecognized interpretive filters may generate someone elseâs apocalypse.
Anders Gerdmar, Th.D. (2001) in New Testament Exegesis from Uppsala University, was a researcher, senior lecturer, and author. His published works include Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy (Almqvist & Wiksell, 2001) and Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism (Brill, 2009).
Contents
Foreword
List of Illustration
1 Introduction: Exegesis as Legitimation of Elimination
âOn Theology, the Holocaust, and the Ethics of Interpretation
â1âExegetical Legitimation of Replacement Theology
â2âMethodological Remarks and My Vantage Point
â3âOverview of the Chapters
â4âConcluding Remarks
2 âSalvation Comes from the Jewsâ
âIdeology and Exegesis in the Interpretation of John 4.22b
â1âThe Ideological Tendency in the Exegetesâ Reception
â2âThe Verse in the Overall Theology of the Fourth Gospel
â3âSummary
3 Baur and the Creation of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â1âBaur and the Creation of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â2âRevisiting the Textual Base
â3âThe Jerusalem Church through Tübingen Spectacles
â4âBaurian Hermeneutics and the Emergence of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
4 Beyond Jewish and Hellenistic
âThe Historical Background of Early Christianity
â1âThe Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy: A Background
â2âSome Areas in New Testament Exegesis Which Have Been Affected by the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â3âBeyond Two âChurch Theologiesâ
â4âConclusion: Early Christianity beyond the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy or âWhen Christians Were Jewsâ
5 Christology beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Dichotomy
âA Few Remarks on the History of Christological Scholarship
â1âFrom the Liberal Picture of Jesus to the School of the History of Religions
â2âPost-Holocaust Development
â3âConclusions
6 Adolf Schlatter and die Ordnungen
âSchlatter between Christian and völkisch Ideology during 1933â1934
â1âAdolf Schlatter: A Background
â2âSchlatterâs Dialogue with völkisch Ideology
â3âConclusion
7 A Germanic Jesus on Swedish Soil
âSwedish-German Research in a Racist Key, 1941â1945
â1âGermanic and Nordic in German Ideology
â2âArbeitsgemeinschaft Germanentum und Christentum: A Germanic-Nordic Cooperation
â3âA Germanic Jesus on Swedish Theological Soil
â4âConclusion: Germanic Inroads into Swedish Theology
8 Germanentum as Overarching Ideology
âCooperation between German and Nordic Exegetes during the Third Reich
â1âOld Norse Culture, National Socialism, and Theology in Swedish Academic Salons
â2âThe Bridge to Thuringia, the Brown Heartland of Deutsche Christen
9 âLutherâs Struggle against the Jewsâ
âA völkisch Reception of Lutherâs View of the Jews
â1âReligious Legitimation of Antisemitism
â2âLuther and Race
10 The Abused Paul and the Jews
â1âReception Analysis and Reception Ethics
â2âConclusion
11 The Nazi Bible. âAnother Jesusâ
âThe Gospels in the National Socialist Bible, âDie Botschaft Gottesâ: Theological Legitimation of Antisemitism
â1âThe Making of Die Botschaft Gottes
â2âSome Observations on Die Botschaft Gottes and Its Overall Message
â3âThe Gospel of John in Die Botschaft Gottes
â4âConcluding Reflections: Theological Legitimation of Antisemitism
12 Concluding Remarks
âExegesis and Legitimizing the Elimination of Jews and Judaism
â1âExegetes Unaware of Anti-Jewish and Antisemitic Attitudes
â2âHistoriography as Legitimator
â3âA Jewish Jesusâbefore and after the Holocaust
â4âA Dark Ecumenism Legitimating Antisemitism
â5âFinal Reflection: Elimination of âDangerousâ Texts
â6âHas Modern Christianity Been De-Judaized?
â7âThe Final Question
Index
Foreword
List of Illustration
1 Introduction: Exegesis as Legitimation of Elimination
âOn Theology, the Holocaust, and the Ethics of Interpretation
â1âExegetical Legitimation of Replacement Theology
â2âMethodological Remarks and My Vantage Point
â3âOverview of the Chapters
â4âConcluding Remarks
2 âSalvation Comes from the Jewsâ
âIdeology and Exegesis in the Interpretation of John 4.22b
â1âThe Ideological Tendency in the Exegetesâ Reception
â2âThe Verse in the Overall Theology of the Fourth Gospel
â3âSummary
3 Baur and the Creation of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â1âBaur and the Creation of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â2âRevisiting the Textual Base
â3âThe Jerusalem Church through Tübingen Spectacles
â4âBaurian Hermeneutics and the Emergence of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
4 Beyond Jewish and Hellenistic
âThe Historical Background of Early Christianity
â1âThe Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy: A Background
â2âSome Areas in New Testament Exegesis Which Have Been Affected by the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy
â3âBeyond Two âChurch Theologiesâ
â4âConclusion: Early Christianity beyond the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy or âWhen Christians Were Jewsâ
5 Christology beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Dichotomy
âA Few Remarks on the History of Christological Scholarship
â1âFrom the Liberal Picture of Jesus to the School of the History of Religions
â2âPost-Holocaust Development
â3âConclusions
6 Adolf Schlatter and die Ordnungen
âSchlatter between Christian and völkisch Ideology during 1933â1934
â1âAdolf Schlatter: A Background
â2âSchlatterâs Dialogue with völkisch Ideology
â3âConclusion
7 A Germanic Jesus on Swedish Soil
âSwedish-German Research in a Racist Key, 1941â1945
â1âGermanic and Nordic in German Ideology
â2âArbeitsgemeinschaft Germanentum und Christentum: A Germanic-Nordic Cooperation
â3âA Germanic Jesus on Swedish Theological Soil
â4âConclusion: Germanic Inroads into Swedish Theology
8 Germanentum as Overarching Ideology
âCooperation between German and Nordic Exegetes during the Third Reich
â1âOld Norse Culture, National Socialism, and Theology in Swedish Academic Salons
â2âThe Bridge to Thuringia, the Brown Heartland of Deutsche Christen
9 âLutherâs Struggle against the Jewsâ
âA völkisch Reception of Lutherâs View of the Jews
â1âReligious Legitimation of Antisemitism
â2âLuther and Race
10 The Abused Paul and the Jews
â1âReception Analysis and Reception Ethics
â2âConclusion
11 The Nazi Bible. âAnother Jesusâ
âThe Gospels in the National Socialist Bible, âDie Botschaft Gottesâ: Theological Legitimation of Antisemitism
â1âThe Making of Die Botschaft Gottes
â2âSome Observations on Die Botschaft Gottes and Its Overall Message
â3âThe Gospel of John in Die Botschaft Gottes
â4âConcluding Reflections: Theological Legitimation of Antisemitism
12 Concluding Remarks
âExegesis and Legitimizing the Elimination of Jews and Judaism
â1âExegetes Unaware of Anti-Jewish and Antisemitic Attitudes
â2âHistoriography as Legitimator
â3âA Jewish Jesusâbefore and after the Holocaust
â4âA Dark Ecumenism Legitimating Antisemitism
â5âFinal Reflection: Elimination of âDangerousâ Texts
â6âHas Modern Christianity Been De-Judaized?
â7âThe Final Question
Index