Jews and Protestants: From the Reformation to the Present

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2021

Jews and Protestants

From the Reformation to the Present

Edited by: Irene Aue-Ben David , Aya Elyada , Moshe Sluhovsky and Christian Wiese

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664713

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The book sheds light on various chapters in the long history of Protestant-Jewish relations, from the Reformation to the present. Going beyond questions of antisemitism and religious animosity, it aims to disentangle some of the intricate perceptions, interpretations, and emotions that have characterized contacts between Protestantism and Judaism, and between Jews and Protestants.

While some papers in the book address Luther’s antisemitism and the NS-Zeit, most papers broaden the scope of the investigation: Protestant-Jewish theological encounters shaped not only antisemitism but also the Jewish Reform movement and Protestant philosemitic post-Holocaust theology; interactions between Jews and Protestants took place not only in the German lands but also in the wider Protestant universe; theology was crucial for the articulation of attitudes toward Jews, but music and philosophy were additional spheres of creativity that enabled the process of thinking through the relations between Judaism and Protestantism. By bringing together various contributions on these and other aspects, the book opens up directions for future research on this intricate topic, which bears both historical significance and evident relevance to our own time.

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Irene Aue-Ben-David, Aya Elyada, Moshe Sluhovsky, Jerusalem, Israel and Christian Wiese, Frankfurt, Germany.

Reviews

"Hervorzuheben sind die hervorragenden Detailstudien
von Bell, Kaburková und Wiese im Blick auf die Entwicklungen in
jüdischen Gemeinden und unter jüdischen Gelehrten. Insgesamt ist das Themenspektrum
im Verhältnis von Juden und Protestanten vielfältig, es reicht von Theologie und Musik, über Bibelübersetzung und Mission bis hin zu Nation und Gesellschaft. [...] Die Beiträge zeigen den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zum jeweiligen Thema an, das macht den Band attraktiv sowohl für historisch Interessierte wie für diejenigen, denen das jüdisch-christliche Gespräch heute am Herzen liegt." Simone Sinn in: Salzburger Theologische Zeitschrift, 1/2020, 133-137

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
Introduction Moshe Sluhovsky and Aya Elyada Open Access Download PDF	1
The Impact of the Reformation on Early Modern German Jewry Politics, Community, and Religion Dean Phillip Bell Open Access Download PDF	13
Edom versus Edom Echoes of the Lutheran Reformation in Early Modern Jewish Writings Markéta Kabůrková Open Access Download PDF	31
Eschatology and Conversion in the Sperling Letters Alexander van der Haven Open Access Download PDF	49
The Legacy of Anti-Judaism in Bach’s Sacred Cantatas Lars Fischer Open Access Download PDF	71
A New Model of Christian Interaction with the Jews Pietist and Evangelical Missions to the Jews Yaakov Ariel Open Access Download PDF	89
The Vernacular Bible between Jews and Protestants Translation and Polemics in Early Modern Germany Aya Elyada Open Access Download PDF	103
Christian Images of the Jewish State The Hebrew Republic as a Political Model in the German Protestant Enlightenment Ofri Ilany Open Access Download PDF	119
Standard-bearers of Hussitism or Agents of Germanization? Czech Jews and Protestants Competing and Cooperating for the Religion of the Future, 1899–1918 Johannes Gleixner Open Access Download PDF	137
Luther’s Shadow Jewish and Protestant Interpretations of the Reformer’s Writings on the Jews, 1917–1933 Christian Wiese Open Access Download PDF	161
Exclusive Space as a Criterion for Salvation in German Protestantism during the Third Reich Dirk Schuster Open Access Download PDF	189
Nazi Racism, American Anti-Semitism, and Christian Duty U.S. Mainline Protestant Responses to the Jewish Refugee Crisis of 1938 Kyle Jantzen Open Access Download PDF	203
Lutheran Churches and Luther’s Anti-Semitism Repression, Rejection, and Repudiation Ursula Rudnick Open Access Download PDF	229
German Guilt and Hebrew Redemption Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste and the Legacy of Left-Wing Protestant Philozionism Johannes Becke Open Access Download PDF	241
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	257
Index Open Access Download PDF	261

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of History, Theology and Jewish Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 280
Keywords: History of Jewish-Protestant Relations; Martin Luther; Reformation

eBook

Published: August 24, 2020
ISBN: 9783110664713

Hardcover

Published: March 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783110661088