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Roots of theological anti-Semitism [electronic resource] : German biblical interpretation and the Jews, from Herder and Semler to Kittel and Bultmann / by Anders Gerdmar.

By: Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 20.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 675 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047442912
  • 9047442911
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roots of theological anti-Semitism.DDC classification:
  • 261.2/60943 22
LOC classification:
  • BT93 .G47 2009eb
Other classification:
  • BC 6100
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Introduction: Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism; PART I ENLIGHTENMENT EXEGESIS AND THE JEWS; Introduction; The Jews in Enlightenment Exegesis From Deism to de Wette; Johann Salomo Semler: Dejudaising Christianity; Johann Gottfried Herder: The Volk Concept and the Jews; F.D.E. Schleiermacher: Enlightenment Religion and Judaism; W.M.L. de Wette: Judaism as Degenerated Hebraism; The Jews in Enlightenment Exegesis from Baur to Ritschl; Ferdinand Christian Baur: Judaism as an Historical Antipode of Christianity.
Summary: As Adolf Hitler strategised his way to power, he knew that it was necessary to gain the support of theology and the Church. This study looks at roots of theological anti-Semitism and how Jews and Judaism were constructed, positively and negatively, in the biblical interpretation of German Protestant theology.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-651) and indexes.

Foreword; Introduction: Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism; PART I ENLIGHTENMENT EXEGESIS AND THE JEWS; Introduction; The Jews in Enlightenment Exegesis From Deism to de Wette; Johann Salomo Semler: Dejudaising Christianity; Johann Gottfried Herder: The Volk Concept and the Jews; F.D.E. Schleiermacher: Enlightenment Religion and Judaism; W.M.L. de Wette: Judaism as Degenerated Hebraism; The Jews in Enlightenment Exegesis from Baur to Ritschl; Ferdinand Christian Baur: Judaism as an Historical Antipode of Christianity.

As Adolf Hitler strategised his way to power, he knew that it was necessary to gain the support of theology and the Church. This study looks at roots of theological anti-Semitism and how Jews and Judaism were constructed, positively and negatively, in the biblical interpretation of German Protestant theology.

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