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28%OFFProfessor Susannah Heschel - The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany - 9780691148052 - V9780691148052
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The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

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Description for The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Was Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In The Aryan Jesus, Susannah Heschel 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. Based on years of archival research, The Aryan ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
549g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691148052
SKU
V9780691148052
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About Professor Susannah Heschel
Susannah Heschel is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of "Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus" and the editor of "Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel".

Reviews for The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany
"Heschel has a remarkable story to tell. Her reliance on primary sources and her objectivity are impressive. One comes away from her account wondering how such apparently intelligent and learned Christian scholars could have been so foolish and craven."
Daniel J. Harrington, America "The Aryan Jesus ... is more than a heartbreaking story of principled Christian anti-Judaism. It is also a ... Read more

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