Jesus in the Nineteenth-Century American Reform Judaism
Abstract
The article deals with the beginning of American Reform Judaism in relation to Jesus. The open and friendly environment gave the Jews a new kind of historical experience, first of all freedom of their research. They created a more positive perception of Christianity by showing that Jesus did and taught nothing contrary to Jewish belief. But at the same time this Jewish reclamation of Jesus proved itself incompatible with Christian claims about Him. In this way Christian Apology called traditionally “Contra/Adversus Judaeos” gained a new constructive beginning to be continued more powerfully later. This article is a (critical) presentation of the writings of Isaac Mayer Wise, Kaufmann Kohler and Emil Gustav Hirsch. They present Jesus in terms of an enthusiastic patriot, an Essenic culmination and a mild Pharisee.
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