A Shadow of Glory - Reading the New Testament After the Holocaust

List of contents

Introduction: Tod Linafelt Part I: Issues in Interpretation 1. The Holocaust as Touchstone for Biblical Interpretation: Luke Timothy Johnson 2. Specters: Overtures to a Biblical Hauntology: Timothy K. Beal 3. Historical Criticism after the Holocaust: Mark George 4. The Role of the Old Testament in Ancient Christianity and the Problems of Anti-Semitism: Pamela Eisenbaum 5. Was Christianity Murdered at Auschwitz?: Rolf Rendtorff 6. Responsibilities and Opportunities for Doing New Testament Theology after the Holocaust: Lloyd Gaston 7. The Meaning of Saturday in Christian Scripture and Liturgy: Walter Brueggemann 8. Judaism in New Testament Scholarship Since the Holocaust: Craig Hill 9. Interruption: Against the Seamlessness of Reading: Gary A. Phillips Part II: Engaging Texts 10. The Trial of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan 11. When Jesus was an Aryan: Susannah Heschel 12. Women as Witness in Post-Holocaust Perspective: Margie Tolstoy 13. The Passion of Jesus After Auschwitz: A Literary Approach: Tania Oldenhage 14. Blood on our Heads: A Jewish Response to Saint Matthew: Stephen L. Jacobs 15. Jesus' Use of Psalm 22 in Light of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah: Jane D. Schaberg 16. The Jew Paul and His Meaning for Israel: James D. G. Dunn 17. The Apostle and the Seed of Abraham: Richard L. Rubenstein 18. Jewish Scripture in the Epistle to the Hebrews: Jennifer L. Koosed 19. Mass Death and the Apocalypse: Kyle Keefer Appendix: Suggestions for further reading

Summary

A Shadow of Glory takes up the most recent discourse on biblical interpretation and uses a cross-disciplinary approach to form a new, self-critically aware perspective to the New Testament in the post-Holocaust world.

Product details

• Authors: Tod Linafelt, Linafelt Tod
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2002
• EAN: 9780415937931
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93793-1
• No. of pages: 270
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Europe, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / New Testament, Religion: general, Christianity, Second World War, c 1940 to c 1949, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater