Daniel R. Langton

Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination (eBook, ePUB)

A Study in Modern Jewish-Christian Relations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination is a pioneering multidisciplinary examination of Jewish perspectives on Paul of Tarsus. Here, the views of individual Jewish theologians, religious leaders, and biblical scholars of the last 150 years, together with artistic, literary, philosophical, and psychoanalytical approaches, are set alongside popular cultural attitudes. Few Jews, historically speaking, have engaged with the first-century Apostle to the Gentiles. The modern period has witnessed a burgeoning interest in this topic, however, with treatments reflecting profound concerns about the nature of Jewish authenticity and the developing intercourse between Jews and Christians. In exploring these issues, Jewish commentators have presented Paul in a number of apparently contradictory ways. The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination represents an important contribution to Jewish cultural studies and to the study of Jewish-Christian relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511846694
• Artikelnr.: 53007605

Autorenporträt

Daniel R. Langton is Senior Lecturer in Modern Jewish-Christian Relations at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Claude Montefiore: His Life and Thought (2002), a biography of the founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Apostle Paul and Popular Jewish Cultural
Identity: 1. Paul in the popular Jewish imagination; Part II. The Apostle
Paul and Jewish Identity: Religious Studies and Theological Approaches: 2.
Constructions of Paul and interfaith relations: building barriers or
bridges between Judaism and Christianity; 3. Constructions of Paul in
intra-Jewish debate: establishing Jewish authenticity; 4. Constructions of
Paul as a dialogical partner: transformative approaches to Jewish
self-understanding; Part III. The Apostle Paul and Jewish Interest in the
Judeo-Christian Tradition: Artistic and Literary Approaches: 5. An oratorio
by Felix Mendelssohn, a painting by Ludwig Meidner, and a play by Franz
Werfel; 6. The novels of Shalom Asch and Samuel Sandmel; Part IV. The
Apostle Paul and Jewish Critiques of the Place of Religion in Society:
Philosophical and Psychoanalytical Approaches: 7. The philosophical
writings of Baruch Spinoza, Lev Shestov, and Jacob Taubes; 8. The
psychoanalytical writings of Sigmund Freud and Hanns Sachs; Conclusion;
Appendix: the story of Abbu Gulish.