Isaac and Jesus
A Rabbinic reappropriation of a 'Christian' motif
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5149904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karin Hedner Zetterholm (Lund University), Karin Zetterholm (University of Religions and Denominations, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 102-120 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2097 • E-ISSN: 2056-6689 |
| Publisher | Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.18647/3261/jjs-2016 |
| OpenAlex | W1763937954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
If, as recent scholarly insights suggest, adherence to Jesus was a largely intra-Jewish affair during the first few centuries CE, it increases the likelihood of interaction and exchange of ideas between such Jesus-oriented Jews and Jews of other inclinations. This article argues that the motif of the atoning power of the death of the beloved son - developed within first-century Judaism, as evidenced by Paul and the Gospels, and embraced by Jesus-oriented groups - was later reappropriated by Rabbinic Judaism through interaction with Jesus-oriented groups with a Jewish self-identity, and applied by Rabbinic Jews to Isaac. The presence of the aqedah motif in synagogues from the third to six centuries may testify to the reappropriation by non-Jesus-oriented Jews of the motif of the atoning power of the death of the beloved son, and possibly also to the presence and impact of Jesus-oriented groups or individuals in the synagogue of late antiquity
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Motif (music · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |