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

• Superior document: Studies in Jewish history and culture, v. 20
• Author: Gerdmar, Anders.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (696 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 begins two hundred years earlier, however, looking at roots of theological anti-Semitism and how Jews and Judaism were constructed, positively and negatively, in the biblical interpretation of German Protestant theology. Following the two main streams of German theology, the salvation-historical and the Enlightenment-oriented traditions, it examines leading exegetes from the 1750s to the 1950s and explores how theology legitimises or delegitimises oppression of Jews, in part through still-prevailing paradigms. This is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, and the result of the analysis of the interplay between biblical exegesis and attitudes to Jews and Judaism is a fascinating and often frightening portrait of theology as a servant of power. This book is also available in paperback.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / A. Gerdmar -- Introduction: Roots of theological anti-semitism / A. Gerdmar -- Introduction / A. Gerdmar -- The jews in enlightenment exegesis from deism to de Wette / A. Gerdmar -- Dejudaising christianity / Johann Salomo Semler -- The Volk concept and the jews / Johann Gottfried Herder -- Enlightenment religion and judaism / F. D. E. Schleiermacher -- Judaism as degenerated hebraism / W. M. L. De Wette -- The jews in enlightenment exegesis from Baur to Ritschl / A. Gerdmar -- Judaism As an historical antipode of christianity / Ferdinand Christian Baur -- Judaism in continuity and discontinuity with christianity / David Friedrich Strauss -- Kulturprotestantismus and the jews / Albrecht Ritschl -- The history of religions school and the jews—An historical turn? / A. Gerdmar -- Introduction / A. Gerdmar -- “Salvation comes from the jews” / Friedrich August Tholuck -- Organic continuity between judaism and christianity / Johann Tobias Beck -- Pioneering scholarship in judaism / Franz Delitzsch -- Missions to and defence of jews / Hermann Leberecht Strack -- Adolf Schlatter and judaism: Great erudition and fierce opposition / A. Gerdmar -- Introduction / A. Gerdmar -- A chosen people and a ‘jewish problem’ / Karl Ludwig Schmidt -- Ambivalence to jews and judaism / A. Gerdmar -- Liberal and anti-jewish / Rudolf Bultmann -- Introduction / A. Gerdmar -- Jewish Unheil theologically founded / Gerhard Kittel -- Towards a non-jewish Jesus / Walter Grundmann -- Concluding analysis / A. Gerdmar -- Archive materials / A. Gerdmar -- Abbreviations / A. Gerdmar -- Bibliography / A. Gerdmar -- Name index / A. Gerdmar -- Subject index / A. Gerdmar -- New Testament texts / A. Gerdmar.