A Teacher Requiring a Discriminating Approach: The Jews in Martin Luther’s Theology

This article considers how Martin Luther’s attitude to the Jews is related to his theology. Focusing on justification, Christology, Old Testament hermeneutics, ecclesiology, and the two-kingdom notion, the article aims at understanding more precisely the theological motives behind Luther’s attitude...

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Main Author: Wendebourg, Dorothea 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 171-193
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBB German language area
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B Old Testament hermeneutics
B Christology
B Anti-judaism
B Soteriology
B Two Kingdoms
B Luther
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Summary:This article considers how Martin Luther’s attitude to the Jews is related to his theology. Focusing on justification, Christology, Old Testament hermeneutics, ecclesiology, and the two-kingdom notion, the article aims at understanding more precisely the theological motives behind Luther’s attitude to Jews, at finding out whether questionable features of his theology surfaced in this, and at assessing what the price would be of possible changes in the theological view of Judaism for the whole of Lutheran theology.
ISSN:1462-2459
Contains:Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2017.1386348