| 077 | Arguably theologians of the early 20th century thought of Christianity as only being based upon Judaism. They also thought it is only the Christians who inherit the promises of the Old Testament. Can you see where this idea could lead? |
| 077 | A bruising example of a failure to consider the possibility of multiple types of societies existing within the gospels could be pointed out in the case of a German scholar named Gerhard Kittel . | Wayne A. Meeks, “A Nazi New Testament Professor Reads His Bible: The Strange Case of Gerhard Kittel” in The Idea of Biblical Interpretation: Essays in Honor of James L. Kugel. Edited by Hindy Najman and Judith H Newman (Leiden: Boston: Brill, 2004), 513-541. |