Is There a Judeo-Christian Tradition? - (Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts) by Emmanuel Nathan & Anya Topolski (Paperback)

About the Book

This series focuses on the Jewish textual tradition as well as the ways it evolves in response to new intellectual, historical, social and political contexts. Fostering dialogue between literary, philosophical, political and religious perspectives, this series, which consists of original scholarship and proceedings of international conferences, reflects contemporary concerns of Jewish Studies in the broadest sense.

Book Synopsis

The term 'Judeo-Christian' in reference to a tradition, heritage, ethic, civilization, faith etc. has been used in a wide variety of contexts with widely diverging meanings. Contrary to popular belief, the term was not coined in the United States in the middle of the 20th century but in 1831 in Germany by Ferdinand Christian Baur. By acknowledging and returning to this European perspective and context, the volume engages the historical, theological, philosophical and political dimensions of the term's development. Scholars of European intellectual history will find this volume timely and relevant.

Review Quotes

"Es handelt sich um einen sehr interessanten Band, der sich durch seine inhaltliche Konsistenz auszeichnet und der in einem reichen Maße Denkanstöße gibt, die für eine Bestimmung jüdischer und christlicher Identität produktiv sind."
Beate Ego in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 144/7-8 (2019), 737-738

About the Author

E. Nathan, Australian Catholic University, Australia; A. Topolski, KU Leuven, Belgium and Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Netherlands.