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Jews and the Christian Imagination

Name: Jews and the Christian Imagination
Price: 45.32 GBP
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Author: Stephen R. Haynes
ISBN: 9780333586501

Reluctant Witnesses

by Stephen R. Haynes

Hardback
240 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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This is an analysis of the ancient Christian myth that casts Jews as a witness-people and this myth's presence in contemporary religious discourse. The book treats diverse products of the Christian imagination, including systematic theology, works of fiction and popular writings on biblical prophecy. It demonstrates that the witness-people myth, which was first articulated by Augustine and which determined official attitudes towards Jews in medieval Christendom, remains a powerful force in the Christian imagination.