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This volume of collected essays addresses the Fourth Gospel's stance toward Jews and its impact on Jewish-Christian relations from antiquity to the present day in media such as sermons, iconography, art, music, and film. It will provide new insight into the Gospel of John and contribute to the mutual understanding between Christians and Jews.
List of contents
Introduction: The Gospel of John in Jewish-Christian Relations -- Adele Reinhartz
Part I: Reading John
1.Erasure of "the Jews" in the Farewell Discourses and Johannine Epistles: Gnostic Connections?
-- Pheme Perkins
2.The Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Jews, and the Gospel of John
--Michael Azar
Part II: Preaching John
3.Preaching the Hostile References to "the Jews" in the Gospel of John
--R. Alan Culpepper
4.Reading the Gospel of John in the Catholic Lectionary
--Eileen Schuller
5.Christian Privilege, Christian Fragility, and the Gospel of John
--Amy-Jill Levine
Part III: Re-presenting John
6.Ecclesia and Synagoga In Principio: The Fourth Gospel as Resource for Anti-Jewish Visual Polemic
-- Marcia Kupfer
7.Two Bach Church Cantatas and "the Jews" in the Gospel of John
-- Michael Marissen
8."My Kingdom Is Not of This World": Johannine Jesus Films and Christian Supersessionism
-- Richard Walsh
About the author
Edited by Adele Reinhartz - Contributions by Michael Azar; R. Alan Culpepper; Marcia Kupfer; Amy-Jill Levine; Michael Marissen; Pheme Perkins; Adele Reinhartz; Eileen Schuller and Richard Walsh
Summary
This volume of collected essays addresses the Fourth Gospel’s stance toward Jews and its impact on Jewish–Christian relations from antiquity to the present day in media such as sermons, iconography, art, music, and film. It will provide new insight into the Gospel of John and contribute to the mutual understanding between Christians and Jews.
