The Mythmaker: Hyam Maccoby and the Invention of Christianity
This essay examines the writings of Hyam Maccoby, a twentieth-century Jewish scholar of rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. After locating Maccoby in the context of Jewish anti-Christian writings, it presents his critical view of Christian doctrines. This scholar claimed in numerous publication...
| Published in: | Journal of ecumenical studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2017
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 381-401 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism CA Christianity TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
ANTI-Christianity literature
B CHRISTIAN-Jewish relations B DOCTRINAL theology B Antisemitism B Maccoby, Hyam |
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| Summary: | This essay examines the writings of Hyam Maccoby, a twentieth-century Jewish scholar of rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. After locating Maccoby in the context of Jewish anti-Christian writings, it presents his critical view of Christian doctrines. This scholar claimed in numerous publications that Christianity was inherently antisemitic due to the teachings of Paul the apostle, especially his doctrine of the vicarious atonement. It is therefore worth presenting, assessing, and challenging Maccoby's views as a barrier to Jewish and Christian dialogue. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2017.0041 |