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Published in Open Access with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Historical criticism of the Bible emerged in the context of protestant theology and is confronted in every aspect of its study with otherness: the Jewish people and their writings. However, despite some important exceptions, there has been little sustained reflection on the ways in which scholarship has engaged, and continues to engage, its most significant Other. This volume offers reflections on anti-Semitism, philo-Semitism and anti-Judaism in biblical scholarship from the 19th century to the present. The essays in this volume reflect on the past and prepare a pathway for future scholarship that is mindful of its susceptibility to violence and hatred.
Historical criticism of the Bible emerged in the context of protestant theology and is confronted in every aspect of its study with otherness: the Jewish people and their writings. However, despite some important exceptions, there has been little sustained reflection on the ways in which scholarship has engaged, and continues to engage, its most significant Other. This volume offers reflections on anti-Semitism, philo-Semitism and anti-Judaism in biblical scholarship from the 19th century to the present. The essays in this volume reflect on the past and prepare a pathway for future scholarship that is mindful of its susceptibility to violence and hatred.
Price: $138.00
Pages: 230
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
19 May 2022
ISBN: 9789004505148
Format: Hardcover
Arjen F. Bakker, Ph.D. (2015), is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Groningen. His monograph The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls is forthcoming with Brill in the STDJ series.
René Bloch, Dr. phil. (1999), is professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Bern. He is the author of many publications on ancient Judaism and its reception, including Moses und der Mythos (2011) and Jüdische Drehbühnen (2013).
Yael Fisch, Ph.D. (2019, TAU), is a postdoctoral-fellow at Tel Aviv University and Oriel College, University of Oxford. She has published on rabbinic literature and Second-Temple literature, including Written for Us: Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture and the History of Midrash (Brill, forthcoming).
Paula Fredriksen, Ph.D. (1979), Princeton University, is Aurelio Professor emerita at Boston University. An historian of ancient pagan-Jewish-Christian relations, her books include Augustine and the Jews (Yale, 2010) and Paul. The Pagans’ Apostle (Yale, 2017).
Hindy Najman is the Oriel and Laing Professor and director of the Centre for the Study of the Bible at Oriel College, University of Oxford. Her books include Seconding Sinai (2003) and Losing the Temple and Recovering the Future (2014).
René Bloch, Dr. phil. (1999), is professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Bern. He is the author of many publications on ancient Judaism and its reception, including Moses und der Mythos (2011) and Jüdische Drehbühnen (2013).
Yael Fisch, Ph.D. (2019, TAU), is a postdoctoral-fellow at Tel Aviv University and Oriel College, University of Oxford. She has published on rabbinic literature and Second-Temple literature, including Written for Us: Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture and the History of Midrash (Brill, forthcoming).
Paula Fredriksen, Ph.D. (1979), Princeton University, is Aurelio Professor emerita at Boston University. An historian of ancient pagan-Jewish-Christian relations, her books include Augustine and the Jews (Yale, 2010) and Paul. The Pagans’ Apostle (Yale, 2017).
Hindy Najman is the Oriel and Laing Professor and director of the Centre for the Study of the Bible at Oriel College, University of Oxford. Her books include Seconding Sinai (2003) and Losing the Temple and Recovering the Future (2014).