Shadow of Glory

The writers of the New Testament were largely Jewish and laying the blame for the Holocaust at their feet would be absurd. However, the later cultural origins of anti-semitism means that reading the New Testament after the event calls for a new ethics of interpretation. These essays address this grave issue in detail, Introduction: Tod Linafelt Part I: Issues in Interpretation 1. The Holocaust as Touchstone for Biblical Interpretation: Luke Timothy Johnson 2. Specters: Overtures to a Biblical Hauntology: Timothy K. Beal 3. Historical Criticism after the Holocaust: Mark George 4. The Role of the Old Testament in Ancient Christianity and the Problems of Anti-Semitism: Pamela Eisenbaum 5. Was Christianity Murdered at Auschwitz?: Rolf Rendtorff 6. Responsibilities and Opportunities for Doing New Testament Theology after the Holocaust: Lloyd Gaston 7. The Meaning of Saturday in Christian Scripture and Liturgy: Walter Brueggemann 8. Judaism in New Testament Scholarship Since the Holocaust: Craig Hill 9. Interruption: Against the Seamlessness of Reading: Gary A. Phillips Part II: Engaging Texts 10. The Trial of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan 11. When Jesus was an Aryan: Susannah Heschel 12. Women as Witness in Post-Holocaust Perspective: Margie Tolstoy 13. The Passion of Jesus After Auschwitz: A Literary Approach: Tania Oldenhage 14. Blood on our Heads: A Jewish Response to Saint Matthew: Stephen L. Jacobs 15. Jesus' Use of Psalm 22 in Light of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah: Jane D. Schaberg 16. The Jew Paul and His Meaning for Israel: James D. G. Dunn 17. The Apostle and the Seed of Abraham: Richard L. Rubenstein 18. Jewish Scripture in the Epistle to the Hebrews: Jennifer L. Koosed 19. Mass Death and the Apocalypse: Kyle Keefer Appendix: Suggestions for further reading