Toledot Yeshu in Context
The Jewish "Life of Jesus" in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History
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Das jüdische "Leben Jesu" oder Toledot Yeshu bietet eine polemische Darstellung der Anfänge des Christentums. Der vorliegende Band betrachtet diese Erzählung als Gegenstand der Geschichte, hinterfragt ihre Überlieferung, Rezeption und Funktion innerhalb der verschiedenen historischen Schauplätze, in denen sie zirkulierte, und versucht, ihre Bedeutung sowohl für Juden als auch für Nichtjuden von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit zu verstehen.
The Jewish "Life of Jesus" or Toledot Yeshu provides one of the most extraordinary accounts of the beginnings of Christianity. The narrative describes Jesus as child born of adultery, a charlatan, and a false prophet who performed would-be miracles through the use of magic. Throughout the centuries, the story aroused the ire of anti-Jewish polemicists, delighted anti-clerical authors, and was viewed by Jewish scholars as a subject of embarrassment. Toledot Yeshu presents us with a formidable counter-history of the origins of Christianity. In the eighteenth century, Voltaire went so far as to proclaim that Toledot Yeshu, however extravagant, was perhaps more truthful than the Christian gospels. The object of this volume is to consider this narrative as an object of history, to question its transmission, reception and function within the various historical settings in which it circulated, and seek to understand its meaning for both Jews and non-Jews from antiquity to the modern era.
The Jewish "Life of Jesus" or Toledot Yeshu provides one of the most extraordinary accounts of the beginnings of Christianity. The narrative describes Jesus as child born of adultery, a charlatan, and a false prophet who performed would-be miracles through the use of magic. Throughout the centuries, the story aroused the ire of anti-Jewish polemicists, delighted anti-clerical authors, and was viewed by Jewish scholars as a subject of embarrassment. Toledot Yeshu presents us with a formidable counter-history of the origins of Christianity. In the eighteenth century, Voltaire went so far as to proclaim that Toledot Yeshu, however extravagant, was perhaps more truthful than the Christian gospels. The object of this volume is to consider this narrative as an object of history, to question its transmission, reception and function within the various historical settings in which it circulated, and seek to understand its meaning for both Jews and non-Jews from antiquity to the modern era.
Born 1966; PhD Hebrew University, Jerusalem; currently head of the history department at David Yellin College, Jerusalem, and adjunct lecturer at the Hebrew University.
Born 1981; PhD University of Geneva; currently a Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris-Sciences-et-Lettres Research University, Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes (UMR 8584).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.11.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism |
| Verlagsort | Tübingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 571 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Counter-History • Jewish-Christian relations • Polemics • reception history |
| ISBN-10 | 3-16-159300-6 / 3161593006 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-16-159300-0 / 9783161593000 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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