TY - JOUR
T1 - "Son of an Israelite Woman and an Egyptian Man" - Jesus as the Blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23)
T2 - An Anti-Gospel Polemic in the Zohar
AU - Benarroch, Jonatan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 2016.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The short biblical story of the blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23) received a unique mystical and mythical interpretation in the Zohar. When carefully examined, the zoharic homilies of the story reveal the hidden influences of Jewish polemic anti-gospel traditions. This essay exposes the strong link between the biblical blasphemer and Jesus, as well as between the blasphemer's mother and the Virgin Mary. In fact, the zoharic commentary on the blasphemer's biblical story provides a significant understanding of the Zohar's ambivalent attitude towards Jesus as Son of God - and of the Virgin Mary as linked to the Shekhinah.
AB - The short biblical story of the blasphemer (Lev 24:10-23) received a unique mystical and mythical interpretation in the Zohar. When carefully examined, the zoharic homilies of the story reveal the hidden influences of Jewish polemic anti-gospel traditions. This essay exposes the strong link between the biblical blasphemer and Jesus, as well as between the blasphemer's mother and the Virgin Mary. In fact, the zoharic commentary on the blasphemer's biblical story provides a significant understanding of the Zohar's ambivalent attitude towards Jesus as Son of God - and of the Virgin Mary as linked to the Shekhinah.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0017816016000407
DO - 10.1017/S0017816016000407
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AN - SCOPUS:85006856402
SN - 0017-8160
VL - 110
SP - 100
EP - 124
JO - Harvard Theological Review
JF - Harvard Theological Review
IS - 1
ER -