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Jews and the Christian Imagination

Reluctant Witnesses

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Stephen R. Haynes

    1. Rhodes College, Memphis, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Literature and Religion (SLR)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Witness-People Myth and Its Alternatives

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 12-24

  4. The Witness-People Myth in History

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 25-63

  5. Karl Barth, the German Church Struggle and the Witness-People Myth

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 64-89

  6. Walker Percy and the Witness-People: Signposts in a Strange Land

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 90-119

  7. Christian Holocaust Theology and the Witness-People Myth: The Jews’ Fate as Sign, The Holocaust as Revelation, Israel as Message

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 120-140

  8. Dispensational Premillennialism: The Jew as Key to the Kingdom

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 141-170

  9. Conclusions

    • Stephen R. Haynes
    Pages 171-184

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-221
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Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination is an analysis of the ancient Christian myth that casts Jews as a 'witness-people', and this myth's presence in contemporary religious discourse. It treats diverse products of the Christian imagination, including systematic theology, works of fiction, and popular writings on biblical prophecy. The book 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.

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  • Rhodes College, Memphis, USA

    Stephen R. Haynes

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