Isaac and Jesus: a Rabbinic reappropriation of a 'Christian' motif?
If, as recent scholarly insights suggest, adherence to Jesus was a largely intra-Jewish affair during the first few centuries CE, it increases the likelihood of interaction and exchange of ideas between such Jesus-oriented Jews and Jews of other inclinations. This article argues that the motif of th...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Liverpool University Press
[2016]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-120 |
RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HB Old Testament HC New Testament NBK Soteriology TD Late Antiquity |
Further subjects: | B
Bible. Gospels
B Jews B Judaism B Synagogues B Jesus Christ |
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Summary: | If, as recent scholarly insights suggest, adherence to Jesus was a largely intra-Jewish affair during the first few centuries CE, it increases the likelihood of interaction and exchange of ideas between such Jesus-oriented Jews and Jews of other inclinations. This article argues that the motif of the atoning power of the death of the beloved son - developed within first-century Judaism, as evidenced by Paul and the Gospels, and embraced by Jesus-oriented groups -- was later reappropriated by Rabbinic Judaism through interaction with Jesus-oriented groups with a Jewish self-identity, and applied by Rabbinic Jews to Isaac. The presence of the aqedah motif in synagogues from the third to six centuries may testify to the reappropriation by non-Jesus-oriented Jews of the motif of the atoning power of the death of the beloved son, and possibly also to the presence and impact of Jesus-oriented groups or individuals in the synagogue of late antiquity. |
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ISSN: | 0022-2097 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18647/3261/JJS-2016 |