Justin Martyr and the Jews / / by David Rokéah.

• Superior document: Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; Volume 5
• VerfasserIn: Rokeah, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of 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.