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Anti-Judaism in the Gospels, George M. Smiga. An examination and evaluation of the anti-Jewish polemic in the Gospels as reflected in the scholarly debate over the last 15 years.
Responding to a consciousness-raising look at Christian scripture from the viewpoint of a Jewish scholar at a Jewish-Catholic colloquium, Smiga courageously investigates the evaluations of Jews and Judaism in the gospels. He finds Mark combining subordinating polemic and silence, Matthew combining abrogating polemic and violence, Luke-Acts also containing abrogating polemic but with sophistication, and John having an abrogating anti-Judaism that universalizes ``the Jews'' to any persons who deny Christ. Smiga suggests that Christians need to repudiate all such polemic and to discern ``what in the scriptures is gospel and what is to be understood as conditioned by the circumstances and prejudices of the original authors.'' This is an important book for religion collections.
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Matthew Brannon
reviewed Pain and Polemic: Anti-Judaism in the Gospels on July 20, 2009
Pain and Polemic: Anti-Judaism in the Gospels
This was a very lovely way to spend a Saturday morning during a tough time of year. I sort of like to think of Harold Kushner as my spiritual advisor since When Bad Things Happen to Good People helped me so much after my dad died. This one is a meditation on what it means to be a "good person", which was more relevant reading for this stage of grief, and in general a topic I like to think about, learn about, challenge my brain with.
This was the third book I've ready by Kushner and I have loved them all. I finish each one feeling very emotionally and intellectually stimulated, and inspired to be a better person. While he is a Rabbi and writes from his religious perspective, I'd venture to say that his books are accessible to anyone of any religion (or no religion). With this one in particular, if you're a fan of The Good Place not just for the jokes but for the moral philosophy theme, this book might scratch some of that itch after the show ends in a few weeks. Also perhaps good companion reading for someone who recently finished East of Eden. I do love that theme of "what does it mean to be human?"
This is definitely one for the "to eventually buy" list.
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