Christian Heresy and the Anti-Judaic Midrash: The Jews in the Minds of Herbert W. Armstrong and his Evangelical Foes

Jews, before and after World War II, were viewed with an attitude that was generally more positive and inclusive in the United States. This thinking about the Jews manifested in concepts such as Judeo-Christian and the Christian Zionist movement. Despite this new-found favor, hostile and negative co...

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Published in:The journal of religion & society
Main Author: West, Taylor Cade (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2023
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Pages: 1-24
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Summary:Jews, before and after World War II, were viewed with an attitude that was generally more positive and inclusive in the United States. This thinking about the Jews manifested in concepts such as Judeo-Christian and the Christian Zionist movement. Despite this new-found favor, hostile and negative conceptualizations of the Jews and Judaism persisted in some areas of American religion. An anti-Judaic midrash was being elaborated and spread. This negative attitude towards Judaism appeared not in the evangelical discourse about Jews or Israel but in one of the most unlikely of places: in internal struggles within the Christian church in the United States. On the margins of American Christianity, an unorthodox Christian movement arose. It was in conservative evangelical opposition to Herbert. W. Armstrong's "heretical" movement and in Armstrong's theology that the anti-Judaic was resurrected and enjoyed new life.
ISSN:1522-5658
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society