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ANTI-JUDAÏSME IN ’N JOODSE TEKS? DIE GEVAL VAN OPENBARING
Author(s) -
J.W. van Henten
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scriptura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-445X
pISSN - 0254-1807
DOI - 10.7833/108-1-3
Subject(s) - revelation , judaism , heaven , gospel , philosophy , theology , new testament , reading (process) , argument (complex analysis) , religious studies , literature , art , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry
This article offers a critical discussion of Peter Tomson's approach to Anti-Judaism in the New Testament (see his 'If this be from Heaven...' from 2001). Tomson rightly defines Anti-Judaism as hatred of Jews and characterizes key passages in John's Gospel as anti-Jewish, but he assesses similar passages in Revelation differently because, in his opinion, Revelation would be a Jewish text and a Jewish text cannot be anti-Jewish. All relevant passages in Revelation are surveyed and a re-reading of two key passages, Rev 2:9 and 3:9, is offered. Tomson's argument about Revelation is refuted - also with the help of modern analogies, which suggest that a Jewish text can be anti-Jewish. The article ends with a brief personal note that calls for a reading of Revelation in Christian communities that is not hurtful for Jews

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