Shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center.
On Being a Jewish Feminist is indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary Judaism or contemporary Jewish thought.
Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When he argued the latter based on the New Testament, Abraham Geiger ignited an intense debate that began in nineteenth-century Germany but continues to this day.Geiger, a pioneer of Reform Judaism and a founder of Jewish studies, developed a Jewish version of Christian origins. He contended that Jesus was a member of the Pharisees, a progressive and liberalizing group within first-century Judaism, and that he taught nothing new or original. This argument enraged German Protestant theologians, some of whom produced a tragic counterargument based on racial theory.In this fascinating book, Susannah Heschel traces the genesis of Geiger's argument and examines the reaction to it within Christian theology. She concludes that Geiger initiated an intellectual revolt by the colonized against the colonizer, an attempt not to assimilate into Christianity by adopting Jesus as a Jew, but to overthrow Christian intellectual hegemony by claiming that Christianity—and all of Western civilization—was the product of Judaism.
Focusing on the challenges faced by women and nonbinary individuals in Jewish studies, this book combines quantitative data and personal narratives to highlight institutional and individual barriers. The authors analyze women's representation in academic publishing and conference panels while tracing the field's historical development and its ties to traditional religious studies. They address issues of harassment and gender discrimination among scholars and propose a reparative path to foster a more inclusive and equitable environment in Jewish studies.
Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the great religious teachers and moral prophets of our time. This title provides selections from the writings of the leading Jewish theologian and philosopher, edited by his daughter.
Es war der Islam, der das jüdische Volk rettete!, fasste der Mediävist S. D. Goitein 1958 seine Erkenntnisse aus der Geschichte des langen Zusammenlebens von Juden und Muslimen zusammen. Damit meinte er nicht nur theologische Ähnlichkeiten der beiden Religionen, sondern auch den Islam als Beschützer alles Jüdischen. Und auch die gelehrte Auseinandersetzung jüdischer Religionswissenschaftler wie Abraham Geiger mit dem Islam schloss er mit ein. Die Judaistin Susannah Heschel geht diesen Fragen nach und untersucht, inwiefern es einen spezifisch deutschjüdischen Orientalismus gibt und inwiefern die gegenseitige Anziehung von Judentum und Islam unser Verständnis des Europäischen Orientalismus verändern kann.