The Jesuit António Vieira on Paul’s Judeo-Gentile Universalism and Jewish Resiliency
Abstract This article reassesses António Vieira’s views on New Christians and Jews. Rather than presenting a reductive portrait of Vieira’s philosemitism as merely empathic, positive, and tolerant, I argue that his supportive attitudes included some enduring negative ideas of Jewishness. An analysis...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 250-275 |
RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBH Iberian Peninsula KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Jews
B Universalism B St. Paul B Soteriology B Philosemitism B Portugal B António Vieira B Gonçalo Anes Bandarra B Conversos |
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Summary: | Abstract This article reassesses António Vieira’s views on New Christians and Jews. Rather than presenting a reductive portrait of Vieira’s philosemitism as merely empathic, positive, and tolerant, I argue that his supportive attitudes included some enduring negative ideas of Jewishness. An analysis of Vieira’s pro-converso and prophetic writings (including his Inquisition trial) show that his more ambivalent and dialectical perceptions were ultimately grounded on a theological-political interpretation of Paul’s Judeo-Gentile universalism. |
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ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Jesuit studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-0802P006 |