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Antisemitism, occasionally called anti-Judaism or Judaeophobia, was a feature of many early Christian documents, including the canonical New Testament and various New Testament apocrypha.
Anti-Judaism in the New Testament literature[edit]
Anti-Jewish textual changes in the New Testament manuscript tradition[edit]
Anti-Judaism in the writings of the Church Fathers[edit]
Anti-Judaism in other early Christian literature[edit]
The Epistle of Barnabas[edit]
The "Pilate cycle"[edit]
The so-called Pilate cycle of gospel writings is characterized by anti-Jewish sentiment.[1]
In the Letter of Pilate to Claudius, Pontius Pilate does not execute Jesus to appease the Jewish leaders; it is the Jewish leaders themselves who crucify Jesus.[2] The text does, however, make a distinction between the Jewish people (who believe in Jesus) and their leaders (who hate him).[2]
The Vengeance of the Saviour, usually include in the Pilate cycle, treats the fall of Jerusalem as divine retribution for the Jews' role in the death of Jesus.[3]
The medieval Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea speaks of "murderous Jews" and concludes with an attack on the Law of Moses.[4]
Marcionite anti-Judaism[edit]
Melito of Sardis[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Cited works[edit]
- Ehrman, Bart D. (2004). Christ in the Early Christian Tradition: Christ Against the Jews. Yale Divinity School.
- Ehrman, Bart D.; Pleše, Zlatko (2011). The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973210-4.
- Nicholls, William (1993). Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-87668-398-7.
Further reading[edit]
External links[edit]
[Category:Ancient Christian antisemitism]] [Category:Christianity and antisemitism]]