The Work of Isaac Ben Abraham Troki (16th Century): On the Place of the Sefer Hizzuq Emunah in the Quest for the Historical Jesus

The Jewish anti-Christian polemical literature includes in its arguments the figure of Jesus of Nazareth, since one of its main goals is to discredit certain attributes of the Christian Messiah. This literature, however, has been so far almost completely overlooked in the Leben-Jesu-Forschung. The p...

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Main Author: Benfatto, Miriam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 102-120
Further subjects:B Jewish Polemical Literature
B Historical Jesus
B Jesus Quests
B Isaac ben Abraham Troki
B Jewish-Christian relations
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Summary:The Jewish anti-Christian polemical literature includes in its arguments the figure of Jesus of Nazareth, since one of its main goals is to discredit certain attributes of the Christian Messiah. This literature, however, has been so far almost completely overlooked in the Leben-Jesu-Forschung. The present paper draws attention to the figure of Jesus that can be seen in the famous text of Isaac ben Abraham Troki, the Sefer Hizzuq Emunah (end of the 16th century), whose controversial deconstruction of the Christological figure of Jesus allows us to discover a particular type of historical construction.
ISSN:1745-5197
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455197-01701006