Is there a Judeo-Christian Tradition?: A European Perspective

by Emmanuel Nathan (Editor), Anya Topolski (Editor)

Overview

The term ‘Judeo-Christian’ in reference to a tradition, heritage, ethic, civilization, faith etc. has been used in a wide variety of contexts with widely diverging meanings. Contrary to popular belief, the term was not coined in the United States in the middle of the 20th century but in 1831 in Germany by Ferdinand Christian Baur. By acknowledging and returning to this European perspective and context, the volume engages the historical, theological, philosophical and political dimensions of the term’s development. Scholars of European intellectual history will find this volume timely and relevant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110416473
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	03/21/2016
Series:	Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts , #4
Pages:	295
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

E. Nathan, Australian Catholic University, Australia; A. Topolski, KU Leuven, Belgium and Radboud Universityeit Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

1 The Myth of a Judeo-Christian Tradition: Introducing a European Perspective Emmanuel Nathan Anya Topolski 1

Part 1 History

2 Jewish Christianity and the Judeo-Christian Tradition in Toland and Baur F. Stanley Jones 17

3 F. C. Baur's Interpretation of Christianity's Relationship to Judaism Peter C. Hodgson 31

4 Jews, Cousins Of Arabs: Orientalism, Race, Nation, And Pan-Nation in The Long Nineteenth Century Ivan Kalmar 53

5 Sources of Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Early Cold WarGermany Noah B. Strote 75

Part 2 Theology and Philosophy

6 Two Pauls, Three Opinions: The Jewish Paul between Law and Love Emmanuel Nathan 103

7 Antinomianism Reloaded - Or: The Dialectics of the New Paulinism Gesine Palmer 123

8 Christianizing Judaism? On the Problem of Christian Seder Meals Marianne Moyaert 137

9 Rethinking the Modern Canon of Judaism - Christianity -Modernity in Light of the Post-Secular Relation Christoph Schmidt 165

10 "Fraternal Existence": On a Phenomenological Double-Crossing of Judaeo-Christianity Michael Fagenblat 185

Part 3 Political

11 The Judeo-Christian Tradition's Five Others Warren Zev Harvey 211

12 The Hyphenated Jew: Within and Beyond the "Judeo-Christian" Itzhak Benyamini 225

13 Secular, Superior and, Desperately Searching for Its Soul: The Confusing Political-Cultural References to a Judeo-Christian Europe in the Twenty-First Century Amanda Kluveld 241

14 A Genealogy of the 'Judeo-Christian' Signifier: A Tale of Europe's Identity Crisis Anya Topolski 267

Notes on Contributors 285

Editorial Reviews

"In conclusione, si tratta di un tentativo interdisciplinare coraggioso di affrontare un tema che rimane di grande attualità e complessità."
Joseph Sievers in: Rivista Biblica 3 (2018), 519-522

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