RT Article
T1 The Protestant Reformers and the Jews: Excavating Contexts, Unearthing Logic
JF Religions
VO 8
IS 4
SP 1
OP 13
A1 Pak, G. Sujin 1971-
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1586222872
AB This article highlights the important initial tasks of excavating the pertinent contexts of the sixteenth-century Protestant reformers and discerning what is at stake for them (i.e., “unearthing logic”) in order to analyze their views of and teachings about Jews and Judaism. Pertinent contexts include the immediate contexts to which Luther and Calvin responded (e.g., Jewish “blasphemy” and/or Christian Hebraism), as well as attending to the significant theological frameworks in which they each operated. Equally important is activity of sifting through the discrepancies in the secondary literature's depictions of Luther and Calvin's place in the history of Christian-Jewish relations. The article highlights biblical interpretation—particularly the defense of Scripture's perspicuity—as the distinctive locus of the reformers' angst concerning Jews and Judaism. In conclusion, the author offers some lessons from church history for discerning what Christian faithfulness might look like in response to this troubling history.
K1 Calvin
K1 Christian Hebraism
K1 Jewish-Christian relations
K1 Jews
K1 Judaism
K1 Luther
K1 Scripture
K1 Anti-semitism
K1 Biblical Interpretation
K1 Context
K1 Perspicuity
K1 Reformers
DO 10.3390/rel8040072