Son of an Israelite Woman and an Egyptian Man - Jesus as the Blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23): An Anti-Gospel Polemic in the Zohar *
The short biblical story of the blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23) received a unique mystical and mythical interpretation in the Zohar. When carefully examined, the zoharic homilies of the story reveal the hidden influences of Jewish polemic anti-gospel traditions. This essay exposes the strong link between...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2017, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-124 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Levitikus 24,10-23
/ Zohar
/ Jesus Christus
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism CA Christianity HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | The short biblical story of the blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23) received a unique mystical and mythical interpretation in the Zohar. When carefully examined, the zoharic homilies of the story reveal the hidden influences of Jewish polemic anti-gospel traditions. This essay exposes the strong link between the biblical blasphemer and Jesus, as well as between the blasphemer's mother and the Virgin Mary. In fact, the zoharic commentary on the blasphemer's biblical story provides a significant understanding of the Zohar's ambivalent attitude towards Jesus as Son of Godand of the Virgin Mary as linked to the Shekhinah. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816016000407 |