The Background of the Anti-Christian Polemics in Aggadat Bereshit

Teugels, Lieve M.

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“…The controversy began within Christianity itself and among people who held high offices within the communion of faith (Wolfson, 1970: London, 1939, 73[, This understanding of a 'Jew' that included the Christians continues until the start of the 7'h century AD. This date coincides with the conclusion of the Babylonian Talmud and the rise of the Muslim empire (see Teugels, 1999:note 3).…”

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The Doctrine of God in African Christian Thought

Kombo¹

2007

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Christian faith knows and worships one God known in the Son and in the Holy Spirit. In his revelation, the Father is depicted as being from Himself, the Son as eternally begotten from the Father and the Holy Spirit as eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. This is what Christian thought means by the doctrine of the Trinity. Although Christian orthodoxy holds the doctrine of the Trinity, the intellectual tools used to capture and convey it vary depending on the epoch, cultural context as well as availability of alternative intellectual images.This point is demonstrated well in Western Christianity. Western theologies exhibit three models of the doctrine of the Trinity: 'God as Essence', 'God as an absolute Subject', and 'God as Community in Unity'. These models can be explained by the influence of specific philosophical presuppositions preferred in certain contexts and at certain times. 'God as Essence' is constructed from the point of view of neo-Platonism, 'God as an absolute Subject' uses the infrastructure of German Idealism, while 'God as Community in Unity' recovers and applies the conceptual tools of the second-century Greeks.Taking note of the theological methodology of Western Christianity and recognising the intellectual resources in the African heritage, African inculturation theology has argued for the use of the conceptual framework of African peoples in the development of theology for African audiences. In an attempt to make a statement to the effect that African Negroes are not neo-Platonists, German Idealists or the Greeks of the second century, and to demonstrate that the African Negroes do have a different ontology that can be deciphered, interpreted, and systematized in one common way, African inculturation theology has posited a simple identity between the African notions of God and God known in the Christian faith. This research assesses and finds inadequate the notion of a simple identity between the African concepts of God and the Christian understanding of God. In view of this it appeals to African inculturation theology to critically and creatively deal with the African Christians' understanding of God. This call means at least two things. Firstly, Nyasaye, Mulungu, Modimo and so on are to function as the conceptual gates for the Christian view of God. This 3 Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za calls for 'Christianisation' of the African notions of God. Secondly, a 'Christianised' Nyasaye, for example, must for the Luo people mean God known in the Son and the Holy Spirit.The 'Christianised' Nyasaye must then make use of native metaphysics for the purpose of indigenising or grounding it in the cultural milieu of the situation of reception. To achieve this goal, this research has located and proposed the NTU metaphysics, which is used widely by African Negroes. According to this metaphysics, God is not just a static 'substance', an authoritarian 'absolute Subject', or a mere relationship; God is 'Great Muntu'. The Son is God because he derives wholly from the whole NT...

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The Doctrine of God in African Christian Thought

Kombo¹

2007

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Is the traditional Good Friday oration for the Jewish people factually hurtful? Attempting to offer an apology for “pro perfidis Judaeis”

Mielnik¹

2022

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The paper is an attempt at defending the traditional Good Friday oration for the Jewish people and to present its theological correctness. This was achieved due to analysing the crucial fragments and juxtaposing them with the Jewish prayer called “Birkat ha-Minim”. The study was / presented in four parts. The first one juxtaposes the versions of the Good Friday orations for the Jews. The next one presents Birkat ha-Minim, followed by an explanation of the key fragments of the traditional prayer for the Jews. Finally, the Good Friday oration was juxtaposed with Birkat ha-Minim. The analysis led to a conclusion that the Good Friday oration for the Jews was inspired by the New Testament texts. It was not created to offend the members of the chosen people but to show their tragic situation in which they found themselves as a result of rejecting Christ. A thorough analysis of the prayer leaves no doubt that its purpose is save the Jewish people, that is to say, to offer them the greatest possible goodness, which cannot be regarded as a manifestation of intolerance or anti-Semitism.

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The Death of Rachel and the Kingdom of Heaven:

Haskell

2012

The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures

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The thirteenth-century Spanish Jewish mystical classic Sefer ha-Zohar interprets the biblical matriarch Rachel's death in a manner distinct from earlier Jewish literature. Borrowing elements from Christianity, it presents a narrative that mirrors Christ's Passion, encouraging readers to compare and evaluate Jewish and Christian truth claims in relation to each other. Such comparison reveals a subtle but strategic critique of medieval Western Christianity's anti-Jewish polemic, which developed in innovative ways during the period of the Zohar's composition. Additionally, the Zohar's correlation of the feminine Rachel with the masculine Christ offers insight into differences between medieval and modern assumptions regarding gendered symbols.

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The Background of the Anti-Christian Polemics in Aggadat Bereshit

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Is the traditional Good Friday oration for the Jewish people factually hurtful? Attempting to offer an apology for “pro perfidis Judaeis”

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