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Antisemitism, occasionally called anti-Judaism or Judaeophobia, was a feature of many early Christian documents, including the canonical New Testament and various New Testament apocrypha.

Anti-Judaism in the New Testament literature

Anti-Jewish textual changes in the New Testament manuscript tradition

Anti-Judaism in the writings of the Church Fathers

Anti-Judaism in other early Christian literature

The Epistle of Barnabas

The "Pilate cycle"

The so-called Pilate cycle of gospel writings is characterized by anti-Jewish sentiment. [1]

In the Letter of Pilate to Claudius, Pontius Pilate does not execute Jesus to appease the Jewish leaders; it is the Jewish leaders themselves who crucify Jesus. [2] The text does, however, make a distinction between the Jewish people (who believe in Jesus) and their leaders (who hate him). [2]

The Vengeance of the Saviour, usually include in the Pilate cycle, treats the fall of Jerusalem as divine retribution for the Jews' role in the death of Jesus. [3]

The medieval Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea speaks of "murderous Jews" and concludes with an attack on the Law of Moses. [4]

Marcionite anti-Judaism

Melito of Sardis

See also

References

  1. ^ Ehrman and Pleše 2011 : 553.
  2. ^ a b Ehrman and Pleše 2011 : 503.
  3. ^ Ehrman and Pleše 2011 : 523.
  4. ^ Ehrman and Pleše 2011 : 554.

Cited works

  • Ehrman, Bart D. (2004). Christ in the Early Christian Tradition: Christ Against the Jews. Yale Divinity School.
  • Ehrman, Bart D.; Pleše, Zlatko (2011). The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations. Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-19-973210-4.
  • Nicholls, William (1993). Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN  0-87668-398-7.

Further reading

External links

[Category:Ancient Christian antisemitism]] [Category:Christianity and antisemitism]]