TY - JOUR
T1 - Some early Jewish and Christian exegetical problems and the dynamics of monotheism
AU - Kister, Menahem
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The thesis of this article is that a Jewish theological formula or an interpretation of biblical passages which, in one period, successfully served one side of a polemic, became, in a later period and in another context, a springboard for an adversary's attack, or an insidious internal theological problem. The author attempts to illuminate the inner dynamics of Judaism as a monotheistic religion, and to observe the potential of inherent theological tensions in Judaism of the Second Temple period and rabbinic Judaism for the emergence of Christian and Gnostic theological concepts and interpretations which were in conflict with the Jewish ones.
AB - The thesis of this article is that a Jewish theological formula or an interpretation of biblical passages which, in one period, successfully served one side of a polemic, became, in a later period and in another context, a springboard for an adversary's attack, or an insidious internal theological problem. The author attempts to illuminate the inner dynamics of Judaism as a monotheistic religion, and to observe the potential of inherent theological tensions in Judaism of the Second Temple period and rabbinic Judaism for the emergence of Christian and Gnostic theological concepts and interpretations which were in conflict with the Jewish ones.
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U2 - 10.1163/157006306778946731
DO - 10.1163/157006306778946731
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AN - SCOPUS:67649757312
SN - 0047-2212
VL - 37
SP - 548
EP - 593
JO - Journal for the Study of Judaism
JF - Journal for the Study of Judaism
IS - 4
ER -