The Legacy of Antisemitism and the Dating of Deuteronomy
This essay argues that today’s biblical scholarship often relies on methods conceived by eighteenth and nineteenth-century scholars whose anti-Jewish biases governed their observations regarding the dating of Deuteronomy. At the very least, this approach creates methodological problems that obscure...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2025, Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 244-253 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Antisemitism
/ Substitutionstheorie
/ Judaism
/ Source criticism
/ Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Wellhausen, Julius 1844-1918
/ Gunkel, Hermann 1862-1932
/ Rad, Gerhard von 1901-1971
/ Deuteronomium
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Gerhard Von Rad
B Julius Wellhausen B Martin Luther B Hermann Gunkel B Supersessionism B Judaism B Deuteronomy B Antisemitism B Source Criticism |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This essay argues that today’s biblical scholarship often relies on methods conceived by eighteenth and nineteenth-century scholars whose anti-Jewish biases governed their observations regarding the dating of Deuteronomy. At the very least, this approach creates methodological problems that obscure other avenues of inquiry. At worst, it sustains the echoes of dangerous cultural and religious biases that can be annexed and revived for harmful purposes. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00209643251328243 |
